Mr. Justice S.S. Chadha, Member — This Revision Petition has arisen out of the Order dated 17th of April, 1995 passed by the Kerala State Commission, at Thiruvananthapuram, dismissing the appeal of the petitioner herein against the Order passed by the District Forum, Kozhikode, directing the petitioner herein to pay to the complainant Rs. 11,000/- as compensation.

2. The facts in brief are these. The complainant, a Professor in the Department of Botany, University of Calicut, got a confirmed booking from the Indian Airlines for his journey from Calicut to Bombay for onward journey to Los Angeles to attend 1991 World Congress on Cell and Tissue Culture to be held during 15th June to 20th June, 1991 as his paper was selected for presentation at 12 noon on the 16th June. The complainant was to leave Calicut on 13th June, 1991 by flight No IC-698 which was scheduled to leave at 11.30 a.m. and land at Bombay at 13.25 hours. He was scheduled to leave Bombay on 14th June at 3.45 a.m. by flight No. AI-111 and arrive at New York at 15.45 hours. the was expected to take a flight on 14.6.91 from New York at 19.30 hours to reach Los Angeles at 22.16 hours. The complainant alleged that he r