The Calcutta High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against a man accused of assaulting and attempting to outrage a woman’s modesty, holding that the case must go to trial.

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In a significant ruling on judicial procedure, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 11, 2026) set aside a Bombay High Court order that had remanded a teacher’s dismissal case to the School Tribunal without examining all the issues raised.

The judgment came in an appeal filed by Hemlata Eknath Pise against Shubham Bahu Uddeshiya Sanstha, Waddhamna and others.

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).