#Uttarakhand HC

The Uttarakhand HC directed the Kashipur SHO to assess threats and provide police protection to an interfaith couple. It held that the state must protect couples facing familial threats, citing the Lata Singh precedent.

Uttarakhand High Court rules that dependents of deceased construction workers must file a formal offline application within ten days to claim Rs. 3 lakh death benefit under the 1996 Act. The Welfare Board is mandated to decide the claim within three months, failing which legal recourse is available.