India - High Court of Gauhati

Gauhati High Court Rules Revenue Authorities Cannot Evict Encroachers From Private Tea Estate Patta Lands

Gauhati High CourtRulesRevenue AuthoritiesCannot EvictEncroachersFrom Private Tea EstatePattaLandsIn a significant ruling regarding the limits of administrative power, TheGauhati High Courthas clarified thatrevenue authoritieslack thejurisdictionto evictencroachersfrom privatepattalands. Pres...

29 Jul 2026

India - Supreme Court

Government Reveals Millions Of Pending Court Cases Across India In Recent Parliamentary Question Session

Government Reveals Millions Of Pending Court Cases Across India In Recent Parliamentary Question SessionIn a detailed response provided to the Rajya Sabha onJuly 23, 2026, theMinistry of Law and Justicedisclosed comprehensive data regarding the state ofjudicial pendencyacross the nation. Resp...

29 Jul 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Of India Restricts Unauthorized Sharing Of Judicial Recordings On All Digital Platforms

Supreme Court Of IndiaRestricts Unauthorized Sharing Of Judicial Recordings On All Digital PlatformsTheSupreme Court of India, in a significant move to regulate the digital dissemination of courtroom proceedings, has issued aninterim orderplacing strict limitations on the extraction, modifica...

29 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Gauhati

Gauhati High Court Mandates Thirty Day Limit For Land Transfer NOC Across Assam State

Gauhati High Court Mandates Thirty Day Limit For Land Transfer NOC Across Assam StateIn a significant ruling, theGauhatiHigh Courthas reaffirmed thestatutory obligationof the state government to process land transfer applications within a strictly defined timeframe. Presided over by Justice M...

28 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Gauhati

Gauhati High Court Dismisses Writ Plea Stating Mutation Entries Cannot Decide Disputed Land Title

Gauhati High Court Dismisses Writ Plea Stating Mutation Entries Cannot Decide Disputed Land TitleTheGauhati High Courthas categorically ruled that entries inrevenue records, specifically relating tomutation, do not establish or extinguishownership rightsover land. In a judgment delivered by J...

28 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Gauhati

Gauhati High Court Upholds Teacher Conviction For Sexually Molesting Minor Student Using A Stethoscope

Gauhati High CourtUpholds TeacherConvictionForSexually MolestingMinor Student Using A StethoscopeTheGauhati High Court,Kohima Bench, has dismissed acriminal appealbrought by a teacher convicted ofsexually molestinga minor student. Justice Pranjal Das upheld the trial court's decision, affirmi...

28 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Gauhati

Gauhati High Court Closes Public Interest Litigation Over Mizoram State Human Rights Commission Formation

Gauhati High Court Closes Public Interest Litigation Over Mizoram State Human Rights Commission FormationTheGauhati High Courthas officially closed aPublic Interest Litigation(PIL) filed by theZofa Welfare Organization, which sought ajudicial mandatefor the immediate establishment of theMizor...

27 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Gauhati

Gauhati High Court Upholds Inclusion Of Dimapur District Under Inner Line Permit Entry Regime

Gauhati High CourtUpholds Inclusion Of Dimapur District UnderInner Line PermitEntry RegimeIn a significant judicial development, theGauhati High Courthas dismissed a batch ofPublic Interest Litigations(PILs) challenging the extension of theInner Line Permit(ILP) regime to the districts of Dim...

25 Jul 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Proposes Special Courts For Manipur Violence Cases While Ordering Expedited Investigation Status Reports

Supreme Court Proposes Special Courts For Manipur Violence Cases While Ordering Expedited Investigation Status ReportsIn a significantjudicial interventionaimed at addressing the legal aftermath of the ethnic violence that gripped Manipur inMay 2023, theSupreme Courtof India has formally prop...

24 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Gauhati

Gauhati High Court Rules Notice to Existing Co-Owner Mandatory Before Land Mutation Under Section 52

Gauhati High Court Rules Notice to Existing Co-Owner Mandatory Before Land Mutation Under Section 52In a significant ruling reinforcing procedural safeguards in land revenue matters, theGauhati High Courthas held that mutation of land carried out without issuing prior notice to an existing co...

22 Jul 2026