Shimla, Aug. 26 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Shimla to assess compensation for the National Law University (NLU) hostel building that became unsafe after being buried under debris from a highway collapse in September 2021.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice G S Sandhawalia and Justice Satyen Vaidya passed the order while hearing the Court on its own motion vs State of H P & others (CWPIL No. 35 of 2021).

The court observed that minutes of a meeting held on July 2, 2025, between officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and NLU revealed that the authorities were shifting responsibility for the damage.

It was undisputed, the court observed, that the partially constru...