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Gauhati High Court Adjourns Hearing in Writ Petition Filed by 304 Individuals Against Union and State Governments
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Gauhati High Court Postpones Hearing in Plea by Over 300 Petitioners GUWAHATI– The Gauhati High Court has adjourned the hearing in a significant writ petition filed by 304 individuals against the Union of India and the State of Assam. The bench, presided over by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Soumitra S...
Victim's Unnatural Conduct and Contradictory Testimonies Lead to Acquittal in POCSO Case: Gauhati High Court
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Gauhati High Court Acquits Man in POCSO Case, Citing Victim's 'Improbable' Conduct and Contradictory Evidence Guwahati, Assam– The Gauhati High Court has set aside the conviction and 8-year sentence of a man under the POCSO Act, holding that the prosecution's case was undermined by "improbabl...
Death From Stationary Vehicle Breakdown 'Arises Out of Use of Motor Vehicle'; High Court Overturns Contributory Negligence Finding: Gauhati High Court
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Gauhati High Court Overturns Contributory Negligence, Enhances Compensation in Freak Truck Accident Case Guwahati:The Gauhati High Court, in a significant ruling, has held that an accident involving a stationary, broken-down vehicle still "arises out of the use of a motor vehicle" for the pur...
Rider in Appointment Order Can't Deny Consideration for Promotion if Post is in Feeder Cadre: Gauhati High Court on Rule 7(4) of High Court Service Rules
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Can Seniority in a Lower Cadre Bar Promotion from a Higher Post? Gauhati High Court Clarifies Guwahati, Assam– In a significant ruling on service jurisprudence, the Gauhati High Court has held that a condition in an appointment order requiring an employee to maintain seniority in their origin...
Shetty Commission Recommendations Are Binding in Absence of Statutory Rules; 'One-Time' Relaxation Cannot Be a Recurring Measure: Gauhati High Court
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Gauhati High Court Quashes Stenographer Promotions, Upholds Shetty Commission Norms Guwahati:The Gauhati High Court has quashed the promotion of 17 stenographers to Grade-I in Assam's district courts, ruling that the High Court's administrative side cannot repeatedly bypass the binding recomm...
Notarized 'Talaq-i-Bain' Invalid for Service Record Changes; Wife's Nominee Status Must Be Reinstated: Gauhati High Court
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Notarized 'Talaq' Invalid, CRPF Can't Remove Wife's Name as Nominee: Gauhati High Court Guwahati, Assam– The Gauhati High Court has delivered a significant judgment, ruling that a divorce purportedly executed through a notarized 'Talaq-i-Bain' affidavit is not a valid basis for an employer, i...
Conviction under POCSO Act Upheld on Minor's 'Sterling' Testimony; Voluntary Drunkenness No Excuse: Gauhati High Court
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Gauhati High Court Upholds 20-Year Sentence for Father in POCSO Case, Affirms Minor's Testimony as 'Sterling Quality'Aizawl:The Gauhati High Court has upheld the conviction and 20-year rigorous imprisonment sentence of a man for the aggravated penetrative sexual assault of his own minor daugh...
Promotion of Ex-Cadre Employee to Cadre Post an 'Illegality,' But Gauhati High Court Declines to Interfere Post-Retirement and Death
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Gauhati High Court: Promotion of Ex-Cadre Officer to Cadre Post an Illegality, But Court Won't Interfere Post-RetirementKohima, Nagaland– The Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench, has dismissed a writ petition challenging the classification of a long-serving officer as an "ex-cadre" employee, a m...
DPC Must Record Reasons for Supersession; Flawed Process Can't Unsettle Seniority: Gauhati High Court
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Gauhati High Court Voids DPC's Decision, Citing Failure to Justify Supersession in Teacher PromotionsKOHIMA, NAGALAND– In a significant ruling on service jurisprudence, the Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by a group of Assistant Headmasters (AHMs), h...
Victim's Testimony is Sterling Witness Standard, Stepmother's Retraction Insufficient to Overturn POCSO Conviction: Gauhati High Court
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Gauhati High Court Upholds 10-Year POCSO Sentence, Citing Victim's 'Sterling' Testimony Over Stepmother's RetractionAIZAWL, MIZORAM– The Gauhati High Court has upheld the conviction and 10-year rigorous imprisonment of a 57-year-old man, Sh. Lalhnuna, for the repeated rape of a 15-year-old gi...
