The High Court of Madhya Pradesh has quashed a criminal case against a Umaria resident who was booked for allegedly failing to report the stay of a foreign national at his home. The court made it clear that authorities cannot prosecute citizens under a law that no longer exists.

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What began as a visit to a luxury hotel salon ended up before the Supreme Court, raising uncomfortable questions about consumer compensation and proof of loss. On Thursday, the apex court sharply reduced a ₹2 crore compensation awarded to a woman over an allegedly faulty haircut at a five-star hotel, holding that damages cannot rest on assumptions alone.

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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).