The Rajasthan High Court has clarified that disability certificates used to claim reservation or employment benefits must strictly comply with the procedures laid down under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016.

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The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of directly recruited Assistant Engineers in a long-running dispute over seniority within the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board. The Court clarified that the seniority of direct recruits must be counted from the date they first joined service, even if they were undergoing training at the time.

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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).