JUDGMENT :

Pankaj Mithal, J.

1. In this Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 17 of the Jammu & Kashmir Consumer Protection Act, 1987, the challenge is to the order dated 22.12.2017 passed by the Jammu & Kashmir State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Jammu, hereinafter referred to as ‘Commission’, in the complaint filed by the respondent-Bhupinder Singh claiming reimbursement of medical charges in respect of his liver transplant surgery at the Mendanta Hospital Gurgaon.

2. The Commission by the impugned order has permitted reimbursement of the medical claim to the tune of Rs.29,28,435.96/- as the amount spent on treatment as aforesaid with 12% interest on the said amount with effect from the date of filing of the complaint i.e. 10.11.2015 till its payment and a sum of Rs.01 lakh as compensation for the mental agony and harassment suffered by the respondent. The aforesaid amount was directed to be paid within a period of six weeks from the date of the award failing which interest at the rate of 18% was also awarded on the entire amount awarded.

3. The brief facts which gave rise to the above complaint are that the respondent was an employee of the Neptune Plastics, Phase-I S.I