SURAT: Merely attending a dinner with friends where liquor was ordered cannot be construed as one being drunk, Navsari Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ruled, directing an insurance company to honour a medical claim of over Rs 3 lakh filed by a woman who needed surgery after a fall, reports Vishal Patadiya.The commission also ordered the insurer to pay an additional Rs 5,000 as compensation for harassment.The woman had visited a cafe in Mumbai in 2024. After dinner, she fell and suffered a leg injury. She was treated at Breach Candy Hospital. She later filed the claim from The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd – for coverage of Rs 8 lakh.The insurer rejected it on May 19, 2025, arguing that the woman had drunk alcohol and fallen while inebriated.
