ORDER

Mrs. Vineeta Rai, Member - First Appeal No. 65 of 2008 has been filed by Mr. G.K. Sabharwal and another, Original Complainants before the Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (hereinafter referred to as the State Commission) being aggrieved by the order of that Commission, which had granted them lesser compensation of Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 10,000 towards litigation costs against their claim of Rs. 20,00,000 and dismissed the complaint of medical negligence against OP Nos. 1, 4 and 5.

First Appeal No. 72 of 2008 has been filed by Dr. Rajiv Chawla and Santom Hospital, OP Nos. 2 and 3 before the State Commission, being aggrieved by its order holding them guilty of negligence in not conducting proper investigations in the medical treatment and directing them to jointly and severally pay the Complainants a lump-sum compensation of Rs. 50,000 along with Rs. 10,000 as costs. Since the facts and the parties in both appeals are common arising out of the same consumer complaint, it is proposed to dispose of these appeals by a common order by taking the facts from First Appeal No. 65 of 2008. The parties will be referred to in the manner in which they were referred to in the c