Mr. Justice Lokeshwar Prasad, President—The present appeal, filed by the appellant under Section 15 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’), is directed against order dated 9th April, 2003, passed by District Forum, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, in Complaint Case No. TC/1267/98 entitled Shri Rajpal Mahana v. National Insurance Company Ltd.

2. The facts, relevant for the disposal of the above mentioned appeal, lie in a narrow compass. The appellant, Shri Rajpal Mahana, had filed a complaint under Section 12 of the Act, before the District Forum, averring therein that the appellant had taken a Household Insurance Policy from the respondent on 12th March, 1993 in respect of House No. B-45, Vivek Vihar, Phase-I, Delhi, for Rs. 1,50,000/-, for the period from 12th March, 1993 to 11th March, 1994. It was stated that on 31st May, 1993 the appellant, along with his wife, left the above said premises to meet his in-laws and when on the morning of 2nd June, 1993 the wife of the appellant reached the house, she found that the house had been ransacked completely. The appellant preferred a claim under the above mentioned Policy and the respondent on r