Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt case (Cont.Cas(C)/86/2024) before the Gauhati High Court, disposed on 08.12.2025 by Justice Soumitra Saikia. Petitioners Dibyajyoti Borah and six others (counsel: M P Sarma, S Banik, F Begum, A Chakraborty, N Newme) against respondents Aruna Rajoria (Commissioner and Secretary, Environment and Forest Department, Assam) and Mahendra Kumar Yadava IFS (PCCF and HoFF, Assam). Counsel submitted that the directions in the order dated 27.11.2024 in Writ Appeal No.121/2024 had been complied with and the Single Judge's directions sustained; no notices had been issued; matter closed without notice and disposed of. No monetary relief; no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Closure of the contempt case without issuance of notice, upon counsel's submission that the grievance stood ameliorated and the learned Single Judge's directions were complied with.