Sri Sri Athkhelia Namghar and Another v. the State of Assam and 15 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Court: Gauhati High Court. Main case: WP(C)/6571/2022; linked case/order: I.A.(Civil)/3123/2022; neutral citation 2025:GAU-AS:2563; decided 11.03.2025; bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kardak Ete (sole judge). Petitioners: Sri Sri Athkhelia Namghar and 2 Ors., a religious institution at Bosa Gaon, P.O.-Pulikaitoni, P.S.-Ghiladhari, Dist-Golaghat, Assam, represented by Khagendra Nath Hazarika (President) and Chakren Saikia (Secretary). Respondents: The State of Assam and 15 Ors., represented by the Chief Secretary to the Government of Assam (including Deputy Commissioner cum District Magistrate Golaghat and other district officials, plus private respondents 6-16). Petitioner counsel: R C Saikia, N Dey, B P Borah, K Saikia. Respondent side: GA, Assam; Mr. A Phukan (SC, GAD); Mr. J Barman, Mr. A Bhattacharjee, Mr. D J Kapil and Mr. M Nath for respondents 6-16; Mr. J Barman and Mr. J K Goswami for the caveator. Outcome: the interlocutory application stands disposed of in view of the order passed the same day in the main writ petition. No statutes, precedents, amounts or substantive issues appear in this document.