In an emotional hearing before the High Court of Karnataka, Justice D.K. Singh dealt with a sensitive custody dispute involving a nine-year-old boy who had been raised since infancy by a Shivamogga couple.

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In a significant ruling for candidates aspiring to join the Central Armed Police Forces, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has declined to order a fresh medical examination for a Constable (GD) candidate who was declared medically unfit due to a suspected squint condition.

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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).