[QwertyKPH]

".....such a consumer is entitled to be compensated for the mental agony."

5,000.00 INR = 113.250 USD

Does this say anything about the value of human life in India?

[SamAdams76]

The most amazing part of this story is that there was apparently multiple times that dead flies have been found in whiskey bottles.

I'm also surprised that there is whiskey in India at all. I had thought that alcohol was against their religion or something like that.

[DuncanWaring]

On the other hand, the fly probably died happy.

[Manic_Episode]

Perhaps it was just the untouchable caste version of a tequila worm?

[SouthTexas]

This is about how much such a claim is truly worth.

[1rudeboy]

Does this say anything about the value of human life in India?

Probably more about the value of a fly, but with Hindus around, who really knows?

[RichInOC]

Obviously, these folks are unfamiliar with the concept of the "mezcal worm".

[jdm]

"Does this say anything about the value of human life in India?"

$100 may be too small a punishment for the company, although verdicts against big tobacco for $10,000,000,000 are a much bigger problem.

[jazusamo]

It's only protein, pickled protein.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

...he detects the foreign object after consuming some quantity of the drink,"

Ya think it flew in when he wasn't looking?

[polymuser]

Well, they've got product liability lawyers. That's a start. Now they just need IRS, EPA, FDA, FCC, DOT, HHS/HUD, SSA, OSHA, UAW/NEA/AFLCIO, ACLU, PETA, NOW and affirmative action to get on a level playing field with US.

[dighton]

So an Englishman, an Irishman, a Scotsman and an Indian find a fly in their drinks . . .

[Unmarked Package]

"It was a case of negligence while manufacturing and bottling the drink as dead insect has found its way during the process of bottling," observed the Commission

When contacted, the offended buyer of the tainted drink replied, "I am very much not liking this!"

[jimboster]

I mean, this is India. A fly? A fly?
I would assume a rat free beverage would be more than acceptable.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Mere absence of any medical evidence as to the effect having a drink containing a dead fly can not absolve the company from selling goods which are meant for drinking that contained a foreign object i.e. dead fly," Commissioner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon said.

[Bon mots]

I once bought a bottle of Mezcal Tequila with a dead worm in the bottle and it still tasted pretty good. Can I have some money too?

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Big deal, I have been know to chase down and eat the bottled worm when south of the border.

[Izzy Dunne]

that there was no proof to show that the whisky harmed the consumer.

An Englishman, An Irishman, and a Scotsman walk into a bar and order a beer.
Some time later, three flies fly in and plink, plank, plunk! - they land in the three beer glasses.
the Englishmand says "Ewww!" and pushes a way the beer glass.
The Irishman shrugs and picks the fly out, flicks it away and continues drinking.
The Scotsman picks the fly up, squeezes it, and says "SPIT IT OUT, YA WEE BASTID!"

[dalereed]

The mexicans put dead worms in some of their bottles, what's the big deal!

[lowbridge]

I dont see what he is complaining about. I've found worse things in my booze:

[right way right]

Dead fly in whiskey? It's still sterile!
If I got a bottle of JD with a fly, I would still drink it. Then I would eat the fly just to ‘impress’ everyone with my drunkenness.
(OK, those days are actually over for me)