Gauhati High Court upholds Assam’s new Madrasa law

The Gauhati High Court on Friday upheld a 2020 Assam Assembly law which seeks to convert all state-run Madrasas into regular schools. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Soumitra Saikia observed that the changes brought about by the legislative and executive action of the state are for the provincialised madrassas alone, […]

Assam: Gauhati High Court rejects tribunal order declaring man as foreigner

The Gauhati High Court has set aside an order of a tribunal of Assam declaring a man “foreigner” and observed that the person does not need to explain the linkage with all his relatives featured in voters lists to establish his citizenship. The Foreigners Tribunal III of Barpeta had ordered that Mohd Haider Ali is […]

Gauhati High Court stays wage hike for Assam’s tea workers

The Gauhati High Court has ordered the state government not to take any action against the Indian Tea Association and 17 tea companies, which own nearly 90% of some 800 tea estates, until a case, filed challenging the Assam Labor Department’s notification on the wage hike, is disposed of. Assam state government on February 23 […]

Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia appointed Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court

Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, reported Live Law. Gauhati High Court has been functioning with Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh as the Acting Chief Justice since September 20, 2020, following the retirement of the previous Chief Justice Ajai Lamba. “In exercise […]

Gauhati HC issues notice to Centre, Assam govt over ‘harassment’ meted out to non-COVID patients

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Centre and the Assam government over alleged denial of proper treatment to non-COVID patients in hospitals across the state. Hearing PIL by the Leader of Opposition of Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia, a division bench comprising Chief Justice (Acting) N Kotiswar Singh and Justice Manish Choudhury […]

Assam: Court orders Bodoland Territorial Council to prove majority before Dec 26

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday ordered the newly formed Bodoland Territorial Council in Assam to prove their majority in the recently held BTC election. As per the court direction, the floor test is to be conducted before December 26. A bench of Gauhati High Court have asked both United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) and […]

Assam: 50-year-old man tagged a D-voter released on bail

A 50-year-old from Assam’s Badarpur town has been released on bail today after spending over a year at a detention camp in Silchar for being tagged as a D-voter. 50-year-old Joydeep Ghosh was sent to a detention camp by government officials for being a D-voter even when the rest of his family members are no […]

Sikkim High Court gets new Chief Justice

Justice Arup Kumar Goswami of the Gauhati High Court has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court. Goswami is currently the Acting Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court and was proposed to be elevated by the Supreme Court Collegium on August 22. The proposal was made in light of the […]

APSC cash-for-job scam: Gauhati High Court rejects PIL filed by suspended officials

The Gauhati High Court has rejected the PIL of 43 suspended ACS-APS officers involved in the infamous APSC cash-for-job scam. In the PIL, the tainted officials pleaded for allowing them to resume their office. All 43 suspended Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) officials will not be getting their jobs back under any circumstances. This has been […]