Gauhati High Court Convicts Lawyer For Contempt Over Comments On Judge's "Model-Like" Jewellery, Comparison With Mythical Demon

A lawyer who made scathing remarks against an Additional District Judge by inter alia commenting upon her attire and comparing her to mythical demon, was convicted for criminal contempt by the Gauhati High Court yesterday.The division bench of Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Devashis Baruah passed the order after the lawyer, Utpal Goswami, pleaded guilty and tendered an apology.“In...

Stabbed Friend's Neck In Heat Of Moment: Gauhati High Court Alters Murder Conviction To Culpable Homicide U/S 304 IPC

The Gauhati High Court recently altered the murder conviction of a man who stabbed his friend in the neck, to that of culpable homicide not amounting to murder on the ground that there was no evidence to show that the offence was committed with an intention or motive to kill the deceased. While setting aside the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 (Murder) IPC, the division bench...

Gauhati High Court Quashes Order Declaring 52-Yr-Old Woman A Foreigner After Citizen-Father's Testimony Remains Uncontroverted

The Gauhati High Court recently quashed and set aside order of Foreigners Tribunal which declared a citizen of India as foreign citizen, on the ground that verification report of the authorities was incomplete and evidence of the father of the petitioner, who deposed that the petitioner is his daughter, remained uncontroverted.While setting aside the order of the Tribunal, the division bench...

[S.457 CrPC] Seized Articles Not Produced Before Court Can Be Released Even When Investigation Is Pending: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court recently held that the criminal court has the jurisdiction under Section 457 CrPC to give custody seized articles at the stage of investigation, when those seized property are not produced before the Court.The division bench of Justice Michael Zothankhuma and Justice Malasri Nandi was hearing a batch of petitions referred by a single judge bench to decide whether...

Res Judicata Not Attracted To Proceedings In Foreigners Tribunal If Previous Order Finding Petitioner 'Not Foreigner' Unreasoned: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court on Friday held that the principle of res judicata will not apply to a subsequent proceeding before the Foreigners Tribunal to determine whether a person is a foreigner or not, if the previous order of the Tribunal had not given any reason as to why it was of the view that the person is not a foreigner.The division bench of Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua and...

Gauhati High Court Flays Assam Govt For Putting Child Marriage Accused In Foreigners 'Transit Camp'

The Gauhati High Court has expressed strong displeasure over Assam government's decision to convert Matia Transit Camp in Goalpara district, which houses 'foreigners', in to a prison. The move comes in light of State's crackdown on child marriages.Finding State's decision to be strange and prima facie unacceptable, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Sumitra...

791 Police Officials From Assam, 120 From Mizoram And 75 From Arunachal Identified For Separate Investigation Wings: States Tell Gauhati High Court

Responding to the suo moto PIL registered by the Gauhati High Court for implementing Police reforms, the Assam Government on Tuesday submitted that a total of 791 Police officials have been identified and earmarked for the purpose of being placed exclusively on the duty of investigation.Similarly, the governments in Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have identified 120 and 75 Police...

North East High Courts Weekly Roundup [February 20 - February 26, 2023]

Weekly round up of LiveLaw's coverage from High Courts of Gauhati, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Tripura:Gauhati High CourtNominal Index:Jagat Chetri v. The Union of India & 5 Ors 2023 LiveLaw (Gau) 29Deep Jyoti Nath Vs State Of Assam 2023 LiveLaw (Gau) 30Babul Ahmed v. The Union of India & 5 Ors 2023 LiveLaw (Gau) 31Babul Ahmed v. The Union of India & 5 Ors 2023 LiveLaw...

Gauhati High Court Reduces Sentence Of Man Convicted For Sexually Assaulting Minor Daughter After Modification In Trial Court Verdict

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday modified the judgement and sentence of trial court in a POCSO case in which a father was convicted for the offence of penetrative sexual assault on his 13-year-old daughter, on the ground that the offence was not proved beyond all reasonable doubt.The division bench of Justice Michael Zothankhuma and Justice Parthivjyoti Saikia took note of the...

[PIT-NDPS Act] Detaining Authority Takes Over Two Months To Decide Detenue’s Representation, Gauhati High Court Orders Immediate Release

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday set aside a detention order under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (PIT-NDPS Act) on the ground that the detaining authority took more than two and half months to dispose of the representation of the detenu.The division bench of Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua and Justice Robin...

[Cheating Case] Non-Compliance Of Section 41A CrPC Would Entitle Accused To Be Released On Bail: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that if the police does not comply with the provisions of Section 41A CrPC in appropriate cases, the person arrested would be entitled to be released on bail.The present bail application was filed Section 439 CrPC in respect of a case registered under Sections 420 and 408 of the IPC against the petitioner who was physically handed over to police. It was...

Gauhati High Court Imposes Cost On Electoral Registration Officer For Referring Retired Army Officer To Foreigners Tribunal To Determine Citizenship

The Gauhati High Court on Monday imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000/- on Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of 52 Dibrugarh Legislative Assembly, for referring to Foreigners Tribunal, a retired army personnel who has rendered a service of 38 years, for adjudication as to whether he is a citizen of India.The court observed that the order of reference itself provides that the ERO had got the...