M. Shreesha, Member—Aggrieved by the order dated 02.11.2012 in CC No. 30 of 2006 passed by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Haryana (for short the “State Commission”), the Complainants preferred this Appeal under Section 19 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (for short “the Act”). By the impugned order, the State Commission has dismissed the Complaint on the ground that there was no negligence on the part of the Opposite Party (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Treating Doctor’.)

2. The brief facts as set out in the Complaint are that the Complainants’ wife namely Mamta (hereinafter referred to as “the Patient”) was admitted for delivery in Sangwan Clinic, owned and managed by the Treating Doctor. It is averred that on 31.12.2005, the Treating Doctor assured the Complainant that the delivery would take place within two hours. She instructed the Patient to lay down on the bed and gave an injection and asked her attendants to bring the necessary belongings as the delivery pains had already begun. It is stated that the treatment which included giving injecti