E20 fuel damage case: Consumer court orders car replacement in landmark verdict; and more

The big focus of this episode of 5 Live is on India's first consumer court order on E20, which went in Chhattisgarh vehicle owner's favour. In Raipur, a consumer court directed Maruti Suzuki to replace a hybrid car or refund its cost after engine failures caused by E20 petrol incompatibility, despite claims of compatibility. Conversely, an IIT Kanpur study dismissed claims that E20 fuel damages engines or reduces efficiency. In Rajasthan, five mothers suffering from kidney failure after government hospital caesarean deliveries agreed to resume dialysis following administrative assurances to fund their kidney transplants and travel, pausing their euthanasia pleas to the President. Meanwhile, the CBI informed a court that an NTA insider leaked NEET chemistry questions to a Latur coaching centre owner. Additionally, the Delhi High Court ordered monitoring of a climate activist's health during a nineteen-day hunger strike. Finally, the broadcast examines a World Institute of Kimchi study on mice claiming kimchi flushes out microplastics, highlighting high sodium concerns.