ORDER :

Mr. Justice B.S. Verma, President-This appeal under Section 15 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 is directed against the order dated 5.11.2014 passed by the District Forum, Dehradun in consumer complaint No. 15 of 2013.

2. Briefly stated the facts giving rise to the appeal are that late Sh. Surendra Kumar Mehta, the deceased father of the appellant-complainant Sh. Tushar Mehta, was the registered owner of Hyundai Santro car (Model 2006) bearing registration No. UA07-N-6885 (wrongly mentioned as UA07-A-6885 in the consumer complaint). During his life-time, the father of the complainant had got the said vehicle insured with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited. The father of the complainant had expired on 4.10.2009. For purchase of the vehicle, loan was taken from Canara Bank, Rajpur Road, Dehradun. After the death of his father, the complainant came to know about the expiry of the insurance policy obtained by his deceased father from Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited. Thereafter, the complainant got the said vehicle insured with the opposite party – The Oriental Insurance Company Limited for the period from 9.9.2010 to 8.9.2011. It was alleged that