Mr. R.K. Bawri, Member—The present complaint petition was filed by Mr. S.R. Nongrum (hereinafter referred to as the ‘complainant’) wife of late D.L. Tharuh on behalf of all his heirs and legal representatives. During the pendency of the complaint, Mrs. S.R. Nongrum herself passed away and as such the case was proceeded with after bringing onto record the names of the legal representatives of the deceased complainant, all of whom, were her children, namely (1) Mrs. Soniya Vica Nongrum (Daughter), (2) Mr. Danny Nongrum (Son), (3) Mr. Ricky Nongrum (Son), (4) Mr. Frankie Nongrum (Son), (5) Mr. Anthony Nongrum (Son), (6) Miss Lakyntiew Nongrum (Daughter), and (7) Mr. Henry Ford Nongrum (Son). Complainant Nos. 6 and 7 who had then not attained maturity were represented by their elder brother, Mr. Frankie Nongrum.

2. The complainant’s case is that on 29.7.1995 as Mr. Tharuh fell ill, his wife approached Dr. W. Kharshiing the O.P. No. 2, (hereinafter ‘Dr. K’) who referred him to the care of O.P. No. 1 i.e., Woodlands Nursing Home (hereinafter ‘WNH’) and to the treatment of O.P. No. 3, Dr. N.K. Nath (hereinafter ‘Dr. N’).

3. Mr. Tharuh was admitted to WNH with acute pain in the abdomen