BEFORE THE A.P.STATE CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION - HYDERABAD
F.A.No.216/2005 against C.D.No.30/2004 , District Forum,Warangal.
Between-
1.Smt. Raavi Kavitha ,
W/o.late Raavi Ramakrishna Reddy,
Aged -36 years, Occ-Household.
2.Raavi Ajit Reddy,
S/o.late Raavi Ramakrishna Reddy,
Aged 17 years, Occ-Student.
3. Raavi Swathi,
D/o.late Raavi Ramakrishna Reddy,
Aged -13 years, Occu- Student.
(Appellant nos.2 and 3 being minors,
represented by their mother and
Natural guardian Smt.Raavi Kavitha,
Appellant no.1).
All are residents of H.No.2-10-27,
Near RTC bus stand, Jangaon,
Warangal District. ,,,Appellants/
Complainants
And
M/s.Jaya Hospitals,
Reptd. by its Managing Director,
T.Narasimha Reddy,
Hanamkonda, Warangal District . ... Respondent/
Opp.party
Counsel for the appellants - M/s. K.Ravindar Reddy
Counsel for the respondent - Mr.T.Hanumantha Reddy
CORAM-THE HON’BLE JUSTICE SRI D.APPA RAO, PRESIDENT,
SMT M.SHREESHA, HON’BLE MEMBER
AND
SRI G.BHOOPATHI REDDY, HON’BLE MEMBER
TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST,
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT .
Oral Order - (Per Sri G.Bhoopathi Reddy, Hon’ble Member)
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This is an appeal filed by the appellants/complainants under Section 15 of the Consumer Protection Act,1986 to modify the order of the District Forum, Warangal in C.D.No.30/2004 dt. 9.11.2004 by granting the reliefs as prayed for
The Appellants herein are the complainants before the District Forum. They filed complaint under Section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act,1986 to direct opp.parties to pay compensation of Rs.10 lakhs together with interest at 12 percent p.a. to the complainant and to award costs of the complaint .
The case of the complainant is as follows-
The 1st complainant is the widow and complainants 2 and 3 are the minor children of the deceased Raavi Rama Krishna Reddy . The husband of the 1st complainant met with an accident on 28.3.2002 at about 2.45 p.m. while going on his scooter near Jangaon and sustained injuries and was admitted in the opp.party hospital on the same day. and the doctors of the said hospital performed Craniotomy on him . During the treatment the health condition of the husband of the complainant was worsened day by day and ultimately died on 4.4.2002 The postmortem examination on the body of the deceased revealed that he also sustained fractures of his ribs resulting in laceration of the left lung which was also one of the causes of the death of the deceased. During the treatment of the deceased at the hospital of the opp.party no attention was given to the injuries caused to the ribs or to the lungs which being one of the causes for the death of the deceased. The complainant issued a legal notice to the opp.party for which the opp.party gave reply denying all the facts of the case.
