The Gauhati High Court has set aside a settlement recorded by a National Lok Adalat after finding that it was passed without the presence or consent of the concerned party. The court ruled that a compromise cannot be treated as valid if the party itself was absent and only the lawyer appeared without written authority.

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The Gauhati High Court has set aside a settlement recorded by a National Lok Adalat after finding that it was passed without the presence or consent of the concerned party. The court ruled that a compromise cannot be treated as valid if the party itself was absent and only the lawyer appeared without written authority.

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At the Srinagar wing of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, a bench comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by National Insurance Company Limited. The insurer was seeking to overturn a compensation award granted to a family whose home was damaged during the devastating 2014 floods.

The case originates from a policy taken by late Shad Mohd Bashir, whose residential house at Sarai Payeen, Amira Kadal, Srinagar, had been insured since 2009. Though the policy was renewed annually, the company later claimed that it excluded flood and similar storm-related risks - referred to in technical jargon as “STFI” (Storm, Tempest, Flood, Inundation).