Santosh Kumar Pandey v. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) 5486/2025, CM APPL. 31690/2025; High Court of Delhi; decided 22.05.2025; Justice Sachin Datta (single-member coram). Petitioner: Santosh Kumar Pandey (counsel: Shubham Bhalla, Ragini Sharma, Alex Noel Dass, Neha Verma). Respondents: IRDAI & Ors., including respondent no. 2 Insurance Company (Pankaj Seth Adv.; Anuj Gulati, Managing Director, through V/c) and R-3 (Mansi Bajaj, Nidhi Tyagi). Subject: writ petition against rejection of an insurance/medical claim; reimbursement of medical bills; policy coverage of Rs. 60,00,000/- (Rs. 60 lakh). Outcome: petition and pending application disposed of with grievance redressed; liberty reserved for future remedies. No statutes or precedents cited; no quantum awarded by the Court itself.
What did the court decide?
Grievance of the petitioner redressed through reimbursement of all medical bills by the insurance company (confirmed policy coverage of Rs. 60,00,000/-); petition and pending application disposed of; petitioner left free to pursue appropriate remedies for any cause of action arising in future.