Tag: Gauhati High Court

Gauhati High Court seeks clarity from Assam government on compensation for death of detainees

Petitioners bring light to an alarming increase in deaths of detainees in 2020.

Gauhati HC directs compensation for alleged arson accused whose homes in Batadrava were bulldozed

The court had taken cognizance in a suo moto case and had even reprimanded the police for demolishing homes of those allegedly accused of setting the police station on fire.

Gauhati High Court issues notice on plea challenging ban on sale of beef in municipal area

Plea filed against complete ban on business of selling beef in Assam’s Sonari Municipal area

Once declared citizen, a person cannot be declared foreigner by FT as per Res Judicata: Gauhati HC

Order comes as a relief to people who had been dragged to FTs multiple times

CJP’s Legal Aid petition: Gauhati HC gives State of Assam and UoI one final chance to file affidavits

CJP’s plea for robust infrastructure to deal with impending deluge of applicants at Foreign Tribunals

Gauhati HC stays order to register FIR against Assam CM for inflammatory remarks about eviction drive

Himanta Biswa Sarma had said that the Darrang eviction drive was revenge for the 1983 Assam agitation

Cannot invoke sec 482 CrPC for accused who admitted being foreigner at trial stage: Gauhati HC

The accused produced birth certificate before the HC which he failed to submit at trial stage

Assam police firing: State says acted in self defence as crowd attacked with lathis, bricks

Sabrang India’s sister organisation, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) had assisted the 12-year-old victim’s family file the plea before the Gauhati High Court seeking compensation and calling out Assam Police for using undue and excessive force upon the crowd

Evicted families will be rehabilitated only if name appears in NRC: Assam Gov’t to Gauhati HC

State claims 1,000 bhigas of land set aside for rehabilitation, but it is not for “encroachers”

CJP aids families of victims of Assam Police firing move HC

Court issues notice, seeking response from the State in connection with the incident where two people, including a 12-year-old boy, were shot dead when Assam Police opened fire on families protesting forced evictions

Gauhati HC grants bail to UAPA accused who said “Taliban are not terrorists”

Maulana Fazlul Karim was arrested after allegedly posting on Facebook that the Taliban in Afghanistan are not terrorists

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