JUDGMENT

SUDHANSU JYOTI MUKHOPADHAYA, J.

This appeal has been preferred by the complainant-appellant against the order and judgment dated 29th January, 2009 passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘National Commission’) in Original Petition No. 234 of 1997 whereby the National Commission quantified the compensation payable by the respondents as Rs. 5,00,000/- and directed respondent No.1 to pay a consolidated sum of Rs.2,50,000/- to the appellant and to deposit the remaining amount of Rs.2,50,000/- in the account of the Consumer Legal Aid of the National Commission.

2. The appellant is aggrieved by the said order and judgment with respect to the total amount of compensation granted. She has also challenged that part of the order whereby Rs.2,50,000/- out of the total compensation amount has been ordered to be deposited in the account of Consumer Legal Aid of the National Commission.

3. The facts that lead the complainant to move before the National Commission are as follows:

Prashant, son of the appellant born in May 1989 suffered from febrile convulsions during fever at the age of six months. He was taken to nearby Doct