The Punjab and Haryana High Court has substantially enhanced compensation in a long-running motor accident case, raising the total amount payable to the family of a deceased homemaker from ₹58.22 lakh to ₹1.18 crore. The ruling came in an appeal filed by the legal heirs of Shilpa Jain, who remained in a vegetative state for over three years after a road accident before passing away.

The case arose from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on October 8, 2014. Shilpa Jain sustained grievous injuries, including serious head trauma, and underwent prolonged treatment at multiple hospitals. Despite surgeries and intensive care, she never recovered and remained fully dependent on others until her death in November 2017.

The Supreme Court on Monday (January 19, 2026) set aside a Gujarat High Court order that had reopened a decade-old recruitment process for the post of Professor in Government Engineering Colleges. The top court ruled that the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) followed the correct legal framework and that AICTE regulations could not be applied to direct recruitment conducted under state rules.

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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).