{
  "id": 14136621,
  "title": "‘No milk for baby’ on Delhi-Melbourne flight of 16 hours, airline ordered to pay Rs 50,000",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/no-milk-for-baby-on-delhi-melbourne-flight-of-16-hours-airline",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:34:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/no-milk-baby-delhi-melbourne-flight-16-hour-airline-pay-rs-50000-10918987/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A foreign airline has been ordered to pay Rs 50,000 to a family whose 11-month-old baby was reportedly denied milk during a 16-hour flight from Delhi to Melbourne. The Punjab state consumer commission ruled that airlines cannot avoid providing basic meals simply because passengers did not request special dietary options. The baby's mother and grandmother claimed they had to share a single meal after asking for food. The commission found that an airline's duty to serve ordinary meals cannot be excused based on passengers not requesting special meals.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Punjab consumer commission orders airline to pay Rs 50,000",
    "Baby denied milk during 16-hour Delhi-Melbourne flight",
    "Airlines cannot deny meals based on no special dietary requests"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The ruling establishes that airlines bear a fundamental responsibility to provide basic nourishment to all passengers regardless of whether specific dietary requests are made during a flight.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}