The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Youth Congress leader Mohammed Haris Nalapad in a case linked to a protest at Bengaluru’s Whitefield railway station. The court ruled that the charges filed under certain provisions of the Railways Act were not legally sustainable because the essential ingredients of those offences were missing.

The case traces back to July 27, 2022. According to the Railway Protection Force (RPF), about 20 members of the Congress party gathered at Platform No. 3 of Whitefield railway station to protest against certain policies of the Central Government.

The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Youth Congress leader Mohammed Haris Nalapad in a case linked to a protest at Bengaluru’s Whitefield railway station. The court ruled that the charges filed under certain provisions of the Railways Act were not legally sustainable because the essential ingredients of those offences were missing.

The case traces back to July 27, 2022. According to the Railway Protection Force (RPF), about 20 members of the Congress party gathered at Platform No. 3 of Whitefield railway station to protest against certain policies of the Central Government.

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).