GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDERS ON DR. BISWAJIT SARMA V/S THE STATE OF ASSAM and 4 ORS

GUWAHATI, India, June 17 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 16: 1. Heard Mr. I. Choudhury, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. T. Das, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. K. Gogoi, learned Standing Counsel for the Higher Education Department and Mr. C. Baruah, learned Standing Counsel for the Accountant General, Assam. 2. The challenge made in these Writ Petitions is to the order dated 21.04.2017, issued by the Secretary to the Government of Assam, Highe...


GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON RADHA RANI DAS AND 3 ORS V/S ASHISH MAZUMDAR AND 8 ORS CASE

GUWAHATI, India, June 17 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 19: 1. Heard Mr. O. Laskar, learned counsel for the appellants and Mr. B. Kaushik, learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This appeal, under Section 100, read with Section 151 of the C.P.C., is directed against the judgment and order dated 09.12.2024, passed by the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Sribhumi (first appellate court), in Misc. Appeal No. 05/2021. 3. It is to be noted here that vide impugned ...


GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON SHYAMAL KUMAR DAS V/S THE UNION OF INDIA AND 4 ORS

GUWAHATI, India, June 17 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 19: 1. Heard Mr. P. Mahanta, learned counsel for the petitioner and also heard Mr. S.P. Choudhury, learned Assistant Solicitor General of India, for the respondent authorities. 2. The petitioner herein is aggrievedby the letterof the Director General, Border Roads, being No. 15103/GEN/DGBR/26/E1C'B' dated 12th October, 2010. It is to be noted here that vide said letter, the Director General, Border Roads had reje...


GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON BABULAL CHHAJER V/S ON THE DEATH OF ABDUL HAI HIS LEGAL HEIRS GULANBANDI AND 5 ORS.

GUWAHATI, India, June 17 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 19: 1. Heard Mr A C Sarma, the learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, assisted by Mr G Bharadwaj and Mr P Bhowmick, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents. 2. The revisional jurisdiction under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter, referred to as "the Code"), has been invoked to challenge the order dated 20.08.2022, passed by the learned Court of ...


GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON KAKADONGA TEA ESTATE AND ANOTHER V/S THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS

GUWAHATI, India, June 17 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 19: 1. Heard Mr. N. Deka, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Ms. A. Bhattacharyya, learned counsel for the respondent Nos. 2 & 3 and Mr. Rakesh Sarmah, learned Amicus Curiae. 2. By way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners are seeking a writ in the nature of certiorari for setting aside and quashing the Award dated 07.06.2014 passed by the learned Industrial...


GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON BINOD KARMAKAR AND ORS V/S THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ORS.

GUWAHATI, India, June 17 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 19: 1. Heard Mr. K.K. Mahanta, learned Senior Counsel, assisted by Mr. K.M. Mahanta, learned counsel for the petitioners and opposite party No. 1 - 87 in the connected interlocutory application. Also heard Mr. P. Nayak, learned standing counsel for the respondents/applicants in the Sarba Siksha Abhiyan Mission Assam (SSA) and Mr. B. Kaushik, learned standing counsel for the respondents/opposite party in the Element...


GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO V/S SRI THANERWAR BARUAH AND 3 ORS

GUWAHATI, India, June 17 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 19: 1. Heard Mr. M. Dutta, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant and Mr. T. Chakraborty, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents. 2. This is an appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short 'the Act of 1988') challenging the judgment and award dated 05.01.2018 passed by the learned Member, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Tinsukia (for short 'the le...


GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON BINOD KARMAKAR AND ORS V/S THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ORS

GUWAHATI, India, June 17 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 19: 1. Heard Mr. K.K. Mahanta, learned Senior Counsel, assisted by Mr. K.M. Mahanta, learned counsel for the petitioners and opposite party No. 1 - 87 in the connected interlocutory application. Also heard Mr. P. Nayak, learned standing counsel for the respondents/applicants in the Sarba Siksha Abhiyan Mission Assam (SSA) and Mr. B. Kaushik, learned standing counsel for the respondents/opposite party in the Element...


JHARKHAND HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON MONGIA STEEL V/S SALUJA STEEL & POWER CASE

RANCHI, India, June 17 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on May 19: 1. It is very unfortunate that though the Hon'ble Apex Court has directed the parties to appear before this Court today i.e. 19.05.2025 looking to the urgency that this is a commercial appeal, but surprisingly a prayer for adjournment has been made by Mr. Piyush Poddar, learned counsel submitting that as per instruction he would be appearing in this case on behalf of the appellant by filing a fresh Vakalatnama....


NHRC, INDIA 4-WEEK SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME - 2025 FOR UNIVERSITY-LEVEL STUDENTS BEGINS IN NEW DELHI

India, June 17 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The four-week Summer Internship Programme (SIP) 2025 of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India began at its premises in New Delhi on 16th June, 2025. The programme aims to foster human rights awareness among university-level students. 80 students out of 1,468 applicants from 42 institutions of 20 States/ UTs with diverse academic disciplines have been shortlisted for this programme. They include the student...