Gauhati High Court News

Congress candidate Lupalam Kri, who lost to Pul in 2019, had filed a petition in the court, challenging her election.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had earlier told the top court that bail cannot be granted to Gogoi as he is an alleged kingpin of Maoist activities in the state even as the lawmaker said cases against him were a result of "political vendetta".

Granting anticipatory bail to certain accused in different cases booked under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. 

Centre has accepted recommendation of the Supreme Court collegium to elevate 2 HC judges as SC judges. Gauhati HC Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Gujarat HC Judge, Justice JB Pardiwala will be elevated as SC judges. Justice Pardiwala would go ahead to become the Chief Justice of India.

According to the case history, Ali had applied for a membership with the gym in 2011.

Nagaland Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu didn't turn up for floor test, which was scheduled to take place on Wednesday.

The court had issued an interim order stalling the governor's directive till yesterday so that the matter could be taken up for hearing.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has invited all the insurgent outfits of the state for peace talks and said his government wants to rid the state of the militancy.    

Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit will take oath as the Governor of Meghalaya in the interim later in the evening.  

 Gauhati High Court judge Nishitendu Chaudhury died of dengue at a private hospital here on Saturday.

An RSS volunteer had filed a defamation suit against Gandhi last year.

Opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) will write to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighting the Congress government's "complete failure" in maintaining law and order in Mizoram and urging them to impose President's rule in the state.

 Meghalaya Governor V Shanmuganathan was today sworn in as the governor of Arunachal Pradesh.

Meghalaya Governor V. Shanmuganathan was on Wednesday sworn in as acting Governor of Arunachal Pradesh by Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajit Singh at the Raj Bhavan here.

The oath of office to the Chief Justice was administered by Assam Governor P B Acharya.

Rajkhowa also appointed Anil Srivastav as the additional advocate general-cum-standing counsel for Arunachal Pradesh in the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court on Thursday referred to a Constitution bench a bunch of petitions arising out of certain orders passed by the Gauhati High Court in the ongoing political battle in Arunachal Pradesh.

The ongoing political upheaval in Arunachal Pradesh has taken another twist with a two-judge bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising of Acting Chief Justice MR Pathak and Justice T Vaiphei rejecting the petition of two Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) Gabriel Denang Wangsu and Wanglam Sawin that challenged Speaker Nabam Rebia`s decision to accept their resignations.

Justice AK Goswami after hearing the petition interalia held that constitution and listing of a case was the prerogative of the Chief Justice of the High Court, and accordingly dismissed it.

 Anup Chetia, the self-styled general secretary of insurgent group ULFA who was extradited from Bangladesh in November, walked out of jail on Thursday after the Gauhati High Court granted him bail.