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On the Death of Atowar Rahman Sikdar His Legal Heir Rumiya Khatun v. the State of Assam and 6 Ors.
Gauhati HCI.A.(Civil)/2767/2023
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Substitution of deceased writ petitioner by legal heir; interlocutory application allowed; Gauhati High Court; WP(C) No.7368/2021; death of petitioner No.2 during pendency of writ proceedings; widow Rumiya Khatun substituted as writ petitioner No.2(a); right to pursue writ petition survives to legal heirs; other legal heirs not precluded from applying; amended cause title direction; Atowar Rahman Sikdar; applicants R. Islam, Ms. A Hussain; respondents State of Assam, Higher Education Department, Rajiv Gandhi Memorial College Lengtisinga.
What did the court decide?
Substitution of Rumiya Khatun as writ petitioner No.2(a) in place of writ petitioner No.2 in WP(C) No.7368/2021; amended cause title to be submitted forthwith to the Registry. ¶18