Sunita Parbin Barbhuiya v. the State of Assam and 8 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court | WP(C)/4485/2021 | Sunita Parbin Barbhuiya v. State of Assam and 8 Ors. | Order dated 17-03-2025 | Justice Arun Dev Choudhury | Mandamus sought for CBI/NIA takeover or SIT for investigation of Dholai P.S. Case No. 236/2021 and parallel investigations in Mizoram arising out of Assam–Mizoram border disputes | Connected PIL No. 44/2021 (Jitul Deka v. State of Assam and 9 others) disposed 03.01.2023 with petitioner's rights preserved and compensation kept open | Compensation already paid for death of petitioner's husband, a government employee | Petition closed as infructuous; no transfer of investigation ordered.
What did the court decide?
In view of the disposal of PIL No. 44/2021 (with the petitioner's rights preserved and compensation kept open) and the fact that compensation has already been paid to the petitioner for the death of her husband, nothing survives to be adjudicated in this petition; accordingly, the petition stands closed being infructuous.