Gauhati High Court Directs Arunachal Govt To Expedite Establishment Of Centralized Control Centre For Police Station CCTVS

Assam Government has informed the Gauhati High Court that 100 police stations have been provided with CCTVs in Phase-I and in Phase-II, installation and commissioning of CCTVs has been done in 197 police stations.The division bench of the Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Devashis Baruah was further apprised that all the CCTV feeds are being monitored at the centralized control centre...

‘Post-Investigation FIR Is Totally Alien To Principles Of Criminal Jurisprudence’: Gauhati High Court Slams Assam Police

The Gauhati High Court on Friday pulled up Assam Police for creating a post-investigation FIR, in relation to a murder of a person, to justify the detention of a woman along with her infant in Bilasipara Police Station of Dhubri district.The division bench of the Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Devashis Baruah observed that such a procedure is totally alien to the principles of...

Gauhati High Court Refuses To Condone Delay For Appeal Against Setting Aside Of Justice Saikia Inquiry Commission Report On 'Secret Killings'

The Gauhati High Court on Monday refused to entertain an application for condonation of delay of 531 days in filling of an appeal against a Single Bench ruling that declared the constitution of Justice (Retd.) K.N. Saikia Commission, which inquired into the alleged ‘secret killings’ of unidentified relatives of alleged ULFA militants between 1998-2001, as invalid.Consequently, the court...

Gauhati High Court Dismisses IPS Officer's Plea For Deputation With Enforcement Directorate

The Gauhati High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by a 2005 batch IPS Officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre against a Selection Committee's decision to not recommend his name for central deputation as an Additional Director in the Enforcement Directorate.Dr. GV Siva Prasad, who is currently the Additional Director General with Competition Commission of India at Kidwai Nagar (East),...

Gauhati High Court Imposes Rs 10,000 Cost On Man For Filing Petition To Challenge Evaluation Of Marks In Daughter’s HSLC Exam After Failure

The Gauhati High Court recently dismissed with a cost of Rs. 10,000 a writ petition filed by the father of a girl who failed HSLC examination. He had alleged that the evaluation of the marks for his daughter was not in accordance with the guidelines,The single judge bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi observed that writ petition lacked genuine cause of action as there was no infringement of...

‘Appears To Be An Accepted Food Among Nagas Even In Modern Times’: Gauhati High Court Sets Aside Prohibition On Sale Of Dog Meat In Nagaland

The Gauhati High Court at Kohima recently quashed the notification dated July 4, 2020 issued by Chief Secretary, Nagaland Government banning the commercial import, trading of dogs and dog markets as well as commercial sale of dog meat in markets and dine in restaurants.While quashing the notification, the single judge bench of Justice Marli Vankung observed:“……….this court is...

Bodoland Territorial Council: Gauhati High Court Seeks Status Of Development Works Undertaken Since 2003

The Gauhati High Court has sought information from Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) with regard to the status of major development works undertaken after its constitution on February 10, 2003, and the recruitments made on the subjects for which it was given absolute authority.While hearing a PIL filed by Bodo Writer Academy and Others, the division bench of Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta...

Public Land Protection Cells Have Been Notified; Empowered To Redress Grievances Related To Encroachment: Assam Govt To Gauhati High Court

Assam Government has informed the Gauhati High Court that it notified the establishment of Public Land Protection Cells (PLPC) on May 24 for three different categories — Rural Areas, Municipal Areas other than Guwahati and Guwahati Municipal Area.It was further told that the cells have been empowered to redress the grievances related to encroachments over pasture land, catchment areas,...

Must Be Given All Opportunities To Produce Any Relevant Material Indicating Her Indian Citizenship: Gauhati High Court Grants Relief To Woman

Ordering the Foreigners Tribunal to pass a reasoned order in her case, the Gauhati High Court recently allowed a woman to produce any such person for making deposition before the Tribunal, who may have the knowledge that she is the daughter of the person whose name is mentioned in the voter’s list of 1966 as per the certificate issued by Gaon Panchayat Secretary.The division bench of...

State Required To Release Additional Budget For Infrastructure Of Vulnerable Witness Deposition Centre In POCSO Courts: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has said that the Assam government should release an additional budget for the creation of the Vulnerable Witness Deposition Centre (VWDC) required for the POCSO Courts across the state.While hearing a PIL filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan and Sampurna Behura for the implementation of directions laid down by the Supreme Court in Sampurna Behura v. Union of India &...

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...