Jammu, Oct 14, Oct. 15 -- The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has upheld a Rs.7.2 lakh compensation award to a Ramban resident whose house was damaged following road construction work, dismissing an appeal filed by PMGSY authorities. Justice Shahzad Azeem dismissed the appeal against the August 30, 2022, judgment of the Principal District Judge, Ramban, which had awarded Mohd Iqbal, a resident of Ghari in Rajgarh tehsil, Rs.7.2 lakh in damages with 7.5 per cent annual interest until realisation.The case arose from damage to Iqbal's double-storey house near the 25-km point of the Karol-Kumate road in village Kumate. He alleged that road cutting weakened the surrounding soil and that a protective wall failed following rainfall in...