2026 Supreme(Online)(Gau) 13176

THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT

(HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

Case No. : WA/403/2025

JOY BRATA KUNDU

DIST. DHUBRI

2: DEBABRATA KUNDU

BOTH ARE SONS OF JIBAN KRISHNA KUNDU AND RESIDENTS OF T.R.

PHUKAN ROAD

WARD NO. 2

DHUBRI TOWN

P.O. AND P.S. DHUBRI

DIST. DHUBRI

ASSAM

PIN 78330

VERSUS

STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR

REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

AND EMPOWERMENT, PIN 781006, ASSAM

2:JIBAN KRISHNA KUNDU

S/O LATE JANENDRA CHANDRA KUNDU R/O T.R. PHUKAN ROAD

WARD NO. 2

DHUBRI TOWN

P.O. AND P.S. DHUBRI

DIST. DHUBRI

ASSAM

PIN 78330

Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S SAHU, MS A ROY,MS. R BHARGAV,T BHARALI

Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, MR. Z. HUSSAIN(R2),MS. R CHOUDHURY (R2)

BEFORE

HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. ASHUTOSH KUMAR

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY

For the Appellants : Mr T. Bharali, Adv.

For the Respondents : Ms R. Choudhury, Sr. Adv.

: Ms. S.E.Murtaza, Adv.

: Ms P. Chakraborty, Adv.

Date on which judgment was reserved : 05.05.2026

Date of pronouncement of judgment : 19.05.2026

Whether the pronouncement is of the

operative part of the judgment? : NA

Whether the judgment has been pronounced? : Yes