Consumer news: Nearly three decades after a Jaipur businessman died in a road accident, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has reaffirmed its earlier direction, awarding Rs 10 crore with 9 per cent annual interest to his family, holding that the insurer failed to justify the rejection of a high-value personal accident insurance claim. The national consumer commission declared the insurer’s rejection letter “untenable” and held that the company could not substantiate allegations of suppression of material facts because it failed to produce the original proposal forms forming the basis of the dispute. A bench of Justice A P Shahi, President and Bharat Kumar Pandya, Member, was hearing two connected complaints filed by a widow, one Asha Garg and her family, against United India Insurance, over the rejection of personal accident insurance policies issued to the deceased businessman. “We are therefore in agreement with the ultimate conclusion drawn by this Commission in the previous decision dated 24.11.2005,” the national consumer commission said on May 15 affirming its own order. Justice A P Shahi, President …