After a hearing that revisited two decades of litigation, the Calcutta High Court’s Circuit Bench at Port Blair has set aside a January 2025 order denying tsunami compensation to Andaman Plantations and Development Corporation Pvt. Ltd. The court directed the Andaman Administration to release admissible compensation for losses suffered during the 2004 tsunami, subject to compliance with government policy conditions.

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The Calcutta High Court’s circuit bench at Port Blair has set aside a trial court order that had discharged four in-laws in a heartbreaking case involving the death of a young woman and her toddler in Andaman. Justice Apurba Sinha Ray ruled that there is enough material at this stage to proceed against them, restoring charges linked to cruelty and dowry death and sending the case back for trial.

Police investigated and filed charge sheets under provisions dealing with cruelty to a married woman and dowry death. The husband and four relatives—his parents, brother, and sister—were sent up for trial. In July 2024, however, the Sessions Court discharged the four in-laws, saying there was not enough material to frame charges against them and that only the husband should face trial. That order was challenged by Bhawna’s father before the High Court.

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).