Order

Leave granted.

2. These appeals are preferred against the common order dated 30.7.97 of the Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Maharashtra State, Mumbai, [for short ‘State Commission’] in Misc. Application No. 15/96 and Misc. Application No. 31/96 (Execution) in Complaint No. 20/92, which was affirmed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commis­sion, New Delhi, (for short National Commission) by declining to entertain the Revision Petition Nos. 670 and 671 of 1997 filed before it.

3. The appellants preferred Complaint No. 20/92 against the respondent claiming a compensation of Rs. 7 lakhs with interest at the rate of 12% p.a. alleging that the husband of the first appellant and father of appellants Nos. 2 and 3 died in the respondent’s Hospital on ac­count of carelessness and negligence while treating the deceased in the Hospital. A Notice dated 1.2.92 was served on the respondent calling upon it to file its defence within thirty days from the date of re­ceipt of Notice and failing to do so, will result in ex-parte deci­sion. On receipt of the Notice, the respondent’s Advocate sent a letter to the Registrar of the State Commission requesting for exten­sion of time f