Mr. Jasbir Singh, Member—This is complaint under Section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 for the deficiency in service and negligence on the part of the opposite parties for awarding compensation amount to Rs. 15 lacs to the complainant.

2. The brief facts as per narration giving rise to this complaint are that on 26.12.1997, the complainant along with her husband visited the opposite parties for checkup. Opposite party No. 2 advised the complainant for admission with opposite parties. Opposite party No. 2 also suggested caesarean operation on the ground showing that uterus of the complainant was downward. Accepting the advice of the opposite party No. 2, the complainant got admission in the City Nursing Home and Hospital, Ludhiana of the opposite party No. 2. On the same day itself operation was done and the wounds were sutured by the opposite party No. 2. After about 35 minutes of the operation, the complainant was sent to private room upstairs. It is alleged that the doctor was negligence in sending the complainant upstairs just after 35 minutes of the operation. She was not kept in delivery room. She was not administered any glucose by respondent No. 2. On the other