Will stop evictions if President’s order says there will be no contempt of court: Assam CM

AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal has written to President Droupadi Murmu seeking her intervention to stop the eviction drives in Assam

Maintenance work of 2-lane Kohima Bypass Road to be done before Mar 2023: NHIDCL to Court

NHIDCL said that if the 3 proposals of Ramky - ECI were not acceptable, better option would be offered for the completion of Package-III

Assam NRC: SC ‘NO’ to plea on harassment

Petitioner asked to move Gauhati High Court. SC seeks to know about the benefits of the judgment of the High Court.

Gauhati HC upholds life term for NDFB chief Ranjan Daimary

Gauhati High Court upheld the life sentence of Ranjan Daimary and 9 others for their involvement on October 30, 2008, serial blasts.

Tamil Nadu Govt allows Assam team to inspect Joymala

A day after the Gauhati High Court ruling, the Tamil Nadu government has finally allowed the 4-member Assam team to inspect Joymala, the elephant. The team will be inspecting the jumbo this afternoon. The team was sent to Chennai on September 3 as a directive by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and was tasked […]

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 […]