Mr. Justice K.K. Srivastava, President—Heard learned Counsel for the appellant, they perused the impugned order dated 30.1.2003 passed by District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-I (for short hereinafter referred to as the District Forum) in Complaint Case No. 590 of 2001.

2. The sole ground on which the claim of the respondent/complainant was repudiated by the appellant-National Insurance Company Limited (for short hereinafter referred to as the Insurance Company) is that the driver of the concerned vehicle did not have a valid licence to drive a Light Motor Vehicle. The driver held a licence to drive the scooter/motorcycle/car/jeep only. The concerned vehicle in the instant case was Maruti Omni Van bearing registration No. CH-01-X 3122 which has eight seats.

3. It is relevant to note that the Maruti Omni Van is included in the category of Light Motor Vehicle (Transport Vehicle). A person who holds a valid licence to drive car/jeep/scooter/motorcycle is competent to drive any Light Motor Vehicle and as a matter of fact, the competent authorities under the Motor Vehicles Act are issuing licence for driving Light Motor Vehicles only and are now not specifying the type of the Li