The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against former cabinet minister Bansh Mani Verma, ruling that the allegations of abusive remarks made during a political protest did not constitute offences under Sections 294 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has refused to restore a maintenance order in favour of a woman who had been living separately from her husband for decades by mutual consent. While upholding the revisional court’s decision denying maintenance, the court directed the husband to pay ₹2.5 lakh as a one-time settlement to prevent the petitioner from falling into financial hardship.

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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).