Gauhati High Court
Gauhati High Court Asks Arunachal Govt To Put In Place CCTV System For Police Stations With Centrally Located Control Room
The Gauhati High Court has directed the State of Arunachal Pradesh to put in place a comprehensive CCTV system in all Police Stations across the state with the data being monitored by a Centrally Located Control Room.The directions were passed by the court in a suo moto PIL registered following the incident of lynching of two accused persons to death on February 19, 2018 after taking them...
Gauhati High Court Directs Assam Govt To Issue Notification For Formation Of Public Land Protection Cells In Each District, State Seeks 3 Weeks
The Gauhati High Court recently directed the Assam Government to issue the requisite notification for formation of Public Land Protection Cells in each district to deal with complaints pertaining to encroachments on government land.The direction was passed by the division bench of the Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Mitali Thakuria on May 15 in a PIL alleging that certain individuals...
‘No Justifiable Ground To Withhold Promotion By Adopting A ‘Sealed Cover’ Procedure’: Gauhati HC Allows PWD Executive Engineer’s Plea For Promotion
The Gauhati High Court recently directed the Assam Government to give effect to the recommendation of the Selection Committee for promoting an Executive Engineer to the rank of Superintending Engineer in the PWD. The Selection Board had earlier decided that the case of the petitioner be kept in a “sealed cover” until the adverse remark received from the Additional Chief Secretary...
After Gauhati High Court Nudge, States Take Steps To Constitute Police Accountability Commission, Train Separate 'Investigating Officers'
The Mizoram government has assured the Gauhati High Court that it will soon bring on record an affidavit relating to constitution of the Police Accountability Commission. The State has also taken steps to separate its investigation wing from the law and order wing.Similarly, the Nagaland government has issued a formal notification for separation of both wings and has constituted State...
Assam Cattle Preservation Act | Extended Meaning Cannot Be Given To Word ‘Calves’ To Incorporate ‘Buffalo’: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court recently quashed proceedings under section 13(1) of Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021 against a person who was accused of stealing two buffalo calves allegedly for smuggling them to Bangladesh.The single judge bench of Justice Robin Phukan observed:“Since herein this case, ‘Buffalo’ is not incorporated in the Schedule, this court is of the view that an...
Ensure Office Of Transgender Welfare Board Is Made Functional By June 23: Gauhati High Court To Social Welfare Department
The Gauhati High Court has directed Assam's Finance Department to ensure that the budget for setting up the office of the Transgender Welfare Board is released at the earliest. While hearing a PIL filed by All Assam Transgender Association, the division bench of the Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Mitali Thakuria further directed the Director, Social Welfare Department, Government...
Right To Education: Gauhati High Court Asks Secretary School Education To Ensure Admission Of Students Under EWS Quota Or Remain Present On May 24
The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday directed the Secretary, Department of School Education, to ensure that the 49 children, whose applications are pending under Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, across various schools in Assam, be provided admission as per the mandate of the law.The division bench comprising Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Mitali...
'Benefit Of Doubt': Gauhati High Court Acquits Man Accused Of Strangulating His Minor Son In 2012
The Gauhati High Court recently set aside the murder conviction of a man accused of murdering his own newborn child, on the ground that the prosecution did not prove the place of occurrence, manner of occurrence and participation of the accused in the said crime beyond reasonable doubt.The division bench of Justice Lanusungkum Jamir and Justice Malasri Nandi observed that the dead body of...
Gauhati High Court Orders Status Quo On Pollution Control Board’s Grant Of Consent For Setting Up ‘Red Category’ Industry At Amingaon
The Gauhati High Court recently issued notice to Assam Government and State Pollution Control Board in a PIL questioning the decision of the latter in granting consent to M/s M M Carbon Products Pvt. Ltd. to set up a ‘Red Category’ Industry (Calcined Petroleum Cake) at Amingaon, Guwahati. The division bench of the Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Suman Shyam further directed that...
Preventive Detentions: Gauhati High Court Seeks Report From Prisons To Check If Anyone Detained Beyond Period Of 3 Months Without Confirmation Order
The Gauhati High Court recently directed the Assam State Legal Services Authority to seek a report from all prisons and take remedial measures regarding the status of detenues who are detained under the preventive detention laws beyond the period of three months from the date of initial order of detention without the order of confirmation passed by the Advisory Board. The division bench of...
Justice Robin Phukan Appointed As The Permanent Judge Of Gauhati High Court
The Central Government on Saturday notified the appointment of Justice Robin Phukan, Addl. Judge of the Gauhati High Court as a Permanent Judge of the High Court. A notification issued in this regard states thus:"In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Robin Phukan, Additional Judge of...
Gauhati High Court Initiates Suo Moto PIL Over Contamination Of Brahmaputra Tributary, Seeks Assam Govt's Response By May 18
The Gauhati High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Assam Government and other authorities in a Suo Motu PIL regarding the contamination and degradation of Bharalu river.The High Court has registered the Suo Motu PIL on the basis of letter forwarded by Pratap Chandra Das, a former student of Sonaram Higher Secondary School, Guwahati.Das, in his letter highlighted that the Bharalu river,...