The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to grant bail to Haryana-based YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who is accused of passing sensitive information to operatives linked with Pakistani intelligence agencies.

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In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court of India set aside the conviction of two men accused in a 1998 gang rape case from Dehradun, holding that the prosecution failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt. The Court found serious inconsistencies in the testimony of the prosecutrix and noted an unexplained delay in filing the First Information Report (FIR).

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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).