Kathmandu, July 19 -- On May 21, Nepal's Consumer Court ordered Qatar Airways to pay Rs26.19 million in compensation to Priti Thapa after hot coffee spilled on her during a transit flight from Doha to Kathmandu.

Thapa had filed the case on July 25 last year, alleging that the airline's cabin crew spilled hot coffee on her and behaved rudely during the incident.

In another landmark ruling, the court on May 22 awarded Rs11 million in compensation to Rajina Manandhar in connection with the death of her husband, Sajil Man Shakya, who was electrocuted in a swimming pool at Hotel Square in Jhamsikhel, Lalitpur, in August 2023.

The case was initially filed at the Lalitpur District Court in February 2024. Manandhar later petitioned the Patan H...