M. SHREESHA, MEMBER

1. Aggrieved by the order dated 9.12.2014 in CC No. 98/55 passed by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Maharashtra (in short, 'The State Commission'), Opposite Parties 1 and 3 have preferred Appeal Nos. 507 and 521 of 2015 respectively, under Section 19 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (in short, 'the Act'). By the impugned order, the State Commission has partly allowed the complaint directing the appellants, jointly and severally to pay an amount of Rs. 18,08,000/- to the complainant with interest @ 9% p.a., within 60 days from the date of the order till the date of realization, failing which, the rate of interest shall be payable @ 12% p.a., together with costs of Rs. 50,000/-.

2. For the sake of convenience, the complainant is hereinafter referred to as 'the patient'; OP1 as 'the Hospital', OP2 as the 'treating doctor' and OP3 as 'Dr. Agarwala' (the Opposite Parties, as they are arrayed in the Original Complaint). The brief facts as set out in the complaint are, that on 15.2.1996, the patient consulted the treating doctor, with a complaint of pain in her knees at his consulting room at Patel Chambers, Mumbai. After examining the pat