Rina Saikia and 5 Ors. v. Sanjib Kr. Bhuyan
Case brief
What is this about?
Under a University order, a contempt petition against the Director of Elementary Education is closed. The court found no willful negligence or disobedience because the failure to act resulted from the State Government pending on the matter and the subsequent declaration of the governing 2011 Act as unconstitutional.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition closed and notice against respondent recalled.
What the court decided
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GAHC010021442017
THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
Case No. : Cont.Cas(C) 220/2017
1:RINA SAIKIA and 5 ORS.
D/O. LT. JAYRAM SIKIA, VILL. MORONAKURI, P.O. NANDIKESWAR, P.S. JAMUGURIHAT, DIST. SONITPUR, ASSAM.
2: SRI SOBHAN CHANDRA BORA
S/O. BIPIN CHANDRA BORA VILL. SILONI NEPALI P.O. SILONI GAON DIST. SONITPUR ASSAM.
3: SRI GOPAL BORA
S/O. BAPURAM BORA VILL. MORONAKURI P.O. NANDIKESWAR P.S. JAMUGURIHAT DIST. SONITPUR ASSAM.
- 4: SRI SITARAM PRADHAN
S/O. KHARGANARAYAN PRADHAN VILL. SILONI NEPALI P.O. SILONI GAON DIST. SONITPUR ASSAM.
Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the Respondent acted in willful disobedience of the dated 28.04.2016 order in WP(C) No.6124/2015 regarding provincialisation of the petitioner's school services.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Rina Saikia and 5 Ors.
- respondent
Sanjib Kr. Bhuyan
Coram
Manash Ranjan Pathak
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Gauhati HC
- Decided on
- · April
- Registered
- Case no.
- Cont.Cas(C)/220/2017
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