Mr. Justice N.G. Nandi, President—In this complaint under Section 2(1)(c) read with Sections 2(1)(d)(ii), 2(1)(g) and 2(1)(r) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, the complainants pray for compensation alleging negligence on the part of opponent No. 1 school. Opponent No. 2 is Principal of opponent No. 1 school.

2. The case set out in the complaint shortly stated is that the complainant Nos. 2, 3 and 4 are parents and sister respectively of Satbir, aged 15 years was a student in opponent No. 1 school prosecuting his studies in Standard VIII; that on 26.10.1993 opponent No. 1 organised a picnic for 500 students and took them to a picnic spot called Dholeshwar Mahadev, Koba near Gandhinagar, with teachers to take care of the students; that Rs. 100 per student were charged and accordingly Satbir also paid Rs.100 for the said picnic; that on 26.10.2003 the students and teachers reached the picnic spot around 10.30 a.m. near Dholeshwar Mahadev on the bank of Sabarmati river; that some students went into the water, that cries were raised by other students whereupon the teachers of the school went into the water and pulled Satbir out and was rushed to the hospital at Gandhinagar wher