In a significant order, the Calcutta High Court has cancelled the bail granted to an accused civic volunteer charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl under the POCSO Act.

The case arose from an application filed by the victim’s mother seeking cancellation of bail granted by an Additional Sessions Judge in Contai.

In a significant order, the Calcutta High Court has cancelled the bail granted to an accused civic volunteer charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl under the POCSO Act.

The case arose from an application filed by the victim’s mother seeking cancellation of bail granted by an Additional Sessions Judge in Contai.

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).