LatestLegal Updates 8 July 2026
BPCL Ordered to Pay Compensation
The Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Nagpur has directed Bharat Petroleum Corporation and United India Insurance to pay Rs 7.60 lakh compensation to the kin of a deceased woman who died in an LPG fire, the court order was given in response to a petition filed by the family of the woman, the family had claimed that the LPG cylinder was faulty and that the company and insurance firm were liable to pay compensation, the court has given the company and insurance firm time to appeal the order
The *Bharat Petroleum Corporation* and *United India Insurance* have been ordered to pay Rs 7.60 lakh compensation to the kin of a deceased woman. The woman died in an *LPG fire*, the family claimed that the *LPG cylinder* was faulty and that the company and insurance firm were liable to pay compensation. The key points of the case are:
- The *Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission* in *Nagpur* gave the order
- The family had filed a petition in response to the woman's death
- The company and insurance firm have been given time to appeal the order
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