{
  "id": 11452035,
  "title": "Dead Insect In Minute Maid Bottle: Maharashtra Consumer Commission Upholds ₹1 Lakh Compensation To Mumbai Lawyer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/dead-insect-in-minute-maid-bottle-maharashtra-consumer-commission",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T13:16:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/dead-insect-in-minute-maid-bottle-maharashtra-consumer-commission-upholds-1-lakh-compensation-to-mumbai-lawyer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai lawyer Nikita Ajwani was awarded ₹1 lakh in compensation by the Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission after she found a dead insect in a sealed bottle of Minute Maid Pulpy Orange. The Commission upheld the District Commission's order from August 2018, rejecting the company's appeal. The Commission cited the Consumer Protection Act as a protective legislation against hazards like this, stating that the presence of a dead insect in a sealed beverage was a serious deficiency in service and an unfair trade practice. The Company had challenged the laboratory findings, arguing that the bottle was tested after its four-month shelf life had expired and that the lab report contained a typographical error. However, the Commission rejected these objections and found no fault with Ajwani's decision to preserve the sealed bottle as primary evidence in the dispute.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has upheld an order directing Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd and other parties to pay compensation to a South Mumbai lawyer after she allegedly found a dead insect floating inside a sealed one-litre bottle of Minute Maid Pulpy Orange. ₹1 Lakh Compensation Upheld The State Commission, in its order delivered on September…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}