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The Gauhati High Court held that eviction from a government reserve land encroachment does not constitute a constitutional tort, and directed petitioners to civil court for any remaining damages claim.
The Gauhati High Court dismissed a second appeal in a Barpeta land dispute, holding that long possession perfected title even where four-fifths of a 1975 sale deed was void under Mohammedan law.
Gauhati High Court holds that a customs detainee at LGBI Airport was in effective custody from 1:30 a.m., and production before a magistrate nine hours after the 24-hour limit vitiated the arrest.
Two sons who falsely claimed to be the sole legal heirs of their deceased father, excluding their sister, lose succession certificate after Gauhati High Court dismisses their civil revision.
Justice Kaushik Goswami corrected a 2016 tribunal award that omitted future prospects and failed to grant parental consortium to two sons of the deceased under Pranay Sethi principles.
The Gauhati High Court directed Bodoland Territorial Council authorities to verify work completion and release Rs 3.20 crore in outstanding dues to a contractor under Article 226.
A Hojai resident skipped the Magistrate route entirely and filed a writ petition demanding FIR registration. The Gauhati High Court refused to entertain it.
The Itanagar Bench held a government employee had no right to retain Quarter No. 506/T-II after a policy decision to demolish old quarters and construct multi-storied flats.
A Division Bench dismissed a writ petition by a declared foreign national held at Matia Holding Centre, refusing bail and rejecting claims under the Citizenship Amendment Act and Immigration and Foreigners Order 2025.
Three Hojai residents challenged the Deputy Commissioner's refusal to renew their gun licences; Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi dismissed the writ, holding that no person can claim renewal as a matter of right.
The Gauhati High Court held that where bail is granted solely on procedural defects in an arrest, the CBI need not obtain a formal bail cancellation order before seeking re-arrest of the accused.
Gauhati High Court dismisses writ challenging land allotment to a third party, holding that mere occupation of Government land creates no enforceable right to settlement under the Assam Land Policy, 2019.
The Gauhati High Court directed Assam to hold Silchar Municipal Corporation elections expeditiously, preferably within two months, after the body ran without an elected council since April 2020.
Seventy-four residents of two PGR villages in Lakhimpur, settled since 1983 as Assam Movement victims, secured a ruling that eviction can follow only after individualised, reasoned orders on each representation.
The Gauhati High Court upheld a tribunal's finding that an IQ of 60, indicating mild intellectual disability, renders a motor accident victim incapable of any gainful employment, warranting 100% loss of earning capacity.
Gauhati High Court holds that a government employee's nomination of another woman as wife in pension papers cannot defeat the statutory family pension entitlement of his legally wedded spouse under the Assam Pension Rules.
The Gauhati High Court refused to entertain a writ petition by the Gauripur Town Kaborsthan Committee against a Circle Officer order cancelling a 2020 mutation, finding a statutory appeal available under Section 147 of the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886.
Gauhati High Court dismisses tea company's writ petition but holds that Rule 18 of Assam Settlement Rules is confined to government and public-category lands, not private proprietary land.
A PIL filed to compel Mizoram to establish a State Human Rights Commission under the 1993 Act ends after the State appoints a Chairperson and two members in July 2026.
The Kohima Bench found that a government school teacher feigned a medical examination using a stethoscope to touch a minor girl's abdomen, breast, and private parts, satisfying Section 11(ii) of the POCSO Act.
Gauhati High Court intervenes after a Section 21A NOC application for an inter-community land sale in Sribhumi sat unprocessed for over five months, breaching a statutory 30-day deadline.
The Gauhati High Court dismissed three PILs challenging the September 2024 notification extending the Inner Line Permit regime to three Nagaland districts, holding the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation 1873 remains valid law under Article 372.
Gauhati High Court dismisses a quashing petition filed by a retired Deputy Chief Engineer of NF Railway facing trial for disproportionate assets worth 47.53% of known income.
The Gauhati High Court pressed the Mizoram government for current instructions on the Governor's approval to appoint the Chairperson and members of the State Human Rights Commission.
