Mr. Justice K.K. Srivastava, President—The complainant Shri Devendra Kumar Sharma, Shri Anand Sharma and Miss Aekta Sharma have prayed for issuance of a direction to the opposite parties - Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research Centre, Chandigarh though its Director, Dr. V.K. Khosla, Professor and Head of Neuro Surgery Department, P.G.I., Chandigarh and Dr. Gauri Joshi, the then Incharge/Senior Resident, I.C.U. Ward 3-A, 3rd Floor, P.G.I., Chandigarh to pay a compensation to the tune of Rs. 15 lacs for the deficiency in service on account of negligence of the opposite parties while performing the operation on the person of Smt. Indrawati Sharma w/o complainant No. 1 - Shri Devendra Kumar Sharma and mother of complainant Nos. 2 and 3. The case as set out in the complaint filed under Section 17 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 [for short hereinafter referred to as the C.P. Act], which are relevant, may be mentioned briefly, as under.

2. Smt. Indrawati Sharma, the deceased, wife of the complainant No. 1 - Shri Devendra Kumar Sharma and mother of complainant Nos. 2 and 3 was taken to P.G.I., Chandigarh - opposite party No. 1 for treatment regarding internal cai