India - High Court of Gauhati

Promotion of Ex-Cadre Employee to Cadre Post an 'Illegality,' But Gauhati High Court Declines to Interfere Post-Retirement and Death

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...

12 Oct 2025

India - High Court of Gauhati

DPC Must Record Reasons for Supersession; Flawed Process Can't Unsettle Seniority: Gauhati High Court

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...

12 Oct 2025

India - High Court of Gauhati

Nagaland Police's Separate Promotion Cadres for Armed and Unarmed Branches Upheld by Gauhati High Court

Gauhati High Court Upholds Separate Promotion Rules for Nagaland Police's Armed and Unarmed Branches Kohima:The Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench, has dismissed a series of writ petitions filed by police personnel from the Unarmed Branch (UB) of the Nagaland Police, who challenged the disparit...

11 Oct 2025

India - High Court of Gauhati

Failure to Provide Detention Grounds in Understandable Language Violates Art. 22(5); Vitiates Detention Order: Gauhati High Court

Gauhati High Court Quashes Preventive Detention, Cites Constitutional Lapses Kohima, Nagaland– The Gauhati High Court, in a significant ruling on personal liberty, has quashed a preventive detention order issued under the stringent PIT-NDPS Act, citing critical constitutional and procedural f...

11 Oct 2025

India - High Court of Gauhati

PIT-NDPS Detention Order Invalid Without 'Real Possibility' of Bail & Application of Mind to Antecedents: Gauhati High Court

Gauhati High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order, Citing Lack of 'Subjective Satisfaction' Kohima, Nagaland– In a significant ruling on personal liberty, the Gauhati High Court has quashed a preventive detention order issued under the stringent Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic D...

11 Oct 2025

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Suspicion Cannot Replace Legal Proof; Gauhati HC Acquits Man in Murder Case Citing Flawed Circumstantial Evidence & Unproved Seizures

Gauhati High Court Overturns Murder Conviction, Cites 'Gaps' in Circumstantial Evidence Guwahati, Assam– The Gauhati High Court has acquittedAjayKuliof murder, setting aside his life imprisonment sentence, in a significant ruling that underscores the high burden of proof required in cases bas...

09 Jul 2025

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Gauhati HC Reduces Life Sentence in Attempted Murder Case, Distinguishing 'Intention' from 'Knowledge' Under S.307 IPC

Gauhati High Court Reduces Life Sentence to 7 Years in Attempted Murder Case, Cites Lack of 'Intention'Guwahati, Assam- The Gauhati High Court has partly allowed a criminal appeal, significantly reducing a life sentence for attempted murder to seven years of rigorous imprisonment. A division ...

09 Jul 2025

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Incomplete Circumstantial Evidence Chain & Lack of Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt Leads to Acquittal in S.302 IPC Fratricide Case: Gauhati High Court

Gauhati High Court Acquits Man in Brother's Murder Case, Cites Insufficient Circumstantial Evidence Guwahati:The Gauhati High Court recently acquittedArun Tanti, who was previously convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his brother,KeshabTanti. The division bench, comp...

03 May 2025

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Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Names for Appointment as Judges in Various High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended names for appointment as judges in various High Courts. The Collegium, headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, has recommended the names of five candidates for appointment as additional judges in four High Courts and two names for appointment as p...

07 Jan 2024