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5. The Forum held that it was FCI which was responsible to make regular payment of the premiums due against the policy executed by its employee and, that it was because of FCIs failure to do so that LIC had repudiated the claim. The Forum found the FCI negligent and deficient and directed FCI to pay to the complainant the sum assured of RS.50,000/- together with interest at 15% p.a. and damages to the tune of RS.3000/-.

 

6. Aggrieved by the order passed by the Forum, FCI has filed the present appeal. FCI also filed before this Commission copies of the receipt issued by LIC showing payment of the premium against the policy of the insured for the months of April to June, 1994 which LIC had claimed not to have received. FCI also filed its absentee statement of departmentalized labourers for the months June-December 1994.