The Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur has dissolved a marriage after finding that the husband’s consistent refusal to appear in court and failure to pay maintenance amounted to mental cruelty.

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In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court of India has clarified that an insurance company cannot be made liable to pay a statutory penalty imposed on an employer for delay in compensation under the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923.

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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).