Jitu Gogoi and 11 Ors. v. Ashotosh Agnorhotri and 5 Ors.
Gauhati High Court (Suman Shyam, J.) – Cont.Cas(C)/580/2019
Case brief
What is this about?
Short closure order of the Gauhati High Court dated 17.03.2025 (neutral citation 2025:GAU-AS:2743) by Justice Suman Shyam in Contempt Case (C) No. 580/2019 filed by Jitu Gogoi and 11 others (petitioners from Sivasagar district, Assam; counsel: Mr. I Alam, Mr. T Sk, Ms. R R Borah) against Ashotosh Agnorhotri, Commissioner and Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Home Deptt., and 5 others (including the DGP and Addl. DGP (TAP), Assam Police, IGP (Admn.), SP Sivasagar and Dy.SP (HQ) Sivasagar); no respondent-side advocate listed. Case closed as disposed for want of interest: petitioners' counsel absent on the date of hearing and on two previous listings. No statute, precedent, amount or impugned-order detail is stated in the text.
What did the court decide?
Since none appeared for the petitioners on call and their counsel had remained absent on two earlier listings, the Court concluded that the petitioners are no longer interested to pursue the matter and accordingly closed the contempt case.