The Madhya Pradesh High Court, while hearing a contempt-related application, has ordered an inquiry into the conduct of a trial judge for failing to comply with its earlier directions regarding an investigation into an alleged violation of a status quo order in a property dispute.

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The Bombay High Court has quashed a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against industrialist Baldevraj Topan Ram Taneja, holding that the restriction on his foreign travel was unnecessary when he had consistently cooperated with investigators. The court observed that the right to travel abroad forms part of the constitutional guarantee of personal liberty and cannot be curtailed without sufficient justification.

Baldevraj Topan Ram Taneja, a Pune resident and founder associated with M/s ISMT Limited, approached the court seeking the cancellation of a Look Out Circular issued against him. The circular was linked to an SFIO investigation initiated in October 2020 under Section 212(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 regarding the affairs of the company.

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).