Suraiya Begum and 4 Ors. v. the State of Assam and 7 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
The Gauhati High Court, per Justice Soumitra Saikia, allowed an interim application to strike out the names of five specific petitioners (Nos. 2, 4, 5, 18 & 19) from the larger writ petition WP(C) No.7627/2017, as the affected parties had expressed reluctance to pursue the original suit.
What did the court decide?
The names of petitionerNos.2, 4, 5, 18 & 19 are struck off as writ petitioners in WP(C) No.7627/2017. Amended cause title to be filed within one week.