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Cliford Sangma v. the State of Assam and 3 Ors.

Gauhati HC15 Mar 2026WP(C)/1753/2024

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Gauhati High Court; WP(C)/1753/2024; Cliford Sangma v. State of Assam & Ors.; victim compensation Rs. 5,00,000/-; murder of daughter Tengchira Marak; DLSA Goalpara determination order dated 14.10.2022; ASLSA; compensation already authorized and credited; compliance report and cheque marked exhibit 'X'; writ petition closed as moot; single judge N. Unni Krishnan Nair; order dated 16.03.2026.

What did the court decide?

No fresh relief granted by the Court; the writ petition was closed as the victim compensation of Rs. 5,00,000/- had already been authorized and credited to the petitioner, and the compliance report with cheque copy was kept on record marked 'X'. ¶22

Cliford Sangma Vs the State of Assam and 3 Ors. — Gauhati HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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GAHC010064152024

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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

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Case No. : WP(C)/1753/2024

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CLIFORD SANGMA

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S/O- LATE EMARSON MARAK, VILL.- KASKONA, P.O. DAMAS, P.S. MENDI, DIST. NORTH GARO HILLS, MEGHALAYA, PIN- 783122.

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VERSUS

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THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 3 ORS. REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, HOME AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-06.

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2:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM FINANCE DEPTT. DISPUR GUWAHATI-06. 3:THE ASSAM STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (ASLSA)

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REPRESENTED BY ITS MEMBER SECRETARY UZANBAZAR GUWAHATI-01. 4:THE DISTRICT LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (DLSA) GOALPARA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY P.O. GALPARA DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM PIN- 783101

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Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. M R KHANDAKAR,

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Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, SC ASSAM STATE LEGAL SERVICE

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AUTHORTY,SC, FINANCE

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BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR

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ORDER

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Date : 16.03.2026

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Heard Mr. M R Khandakar, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Ms. M Barman, learned Government Advocate appearing for the respondent nos. 1 & 4, Mr. A Chaliha, learned standing counsel, Finance Department, Assam, appearing for respondent no. 2, Ms. R S Choudhury, learned standing counsel, Assam State Legal Services Authority, appearing for respondent no. 3 and Mr. F A Hassan, learned counsel appearing for respondent no. 5.

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The petitioner, in the present Writ Petition, has raised a grievance with regard to the non-authorization to him of the victim compensation amount of Rs. 5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakhs Only), in pursuance to the murder of his daughter Late Tengchira Marak. The petitioner further projects that the determination, as mandated in the matter for release of the said amount of compensation was already done by the jurisdictional District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) vide an order dated 14.10.2022. Today, when the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the parties have submitted that the amount of victim compensation, as determined to be receivable by the petitioner, herein, has already been authorized to him.

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Mr. M R Khandakar, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the said amount has also been credited to the account of the petitioner.

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In view of the above developments, there being no further live issue to be considered in the present writ petition, the present writ petition stands closed.

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The compliance report submitted in the matter by the respondent no. 4

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through Ms. M Barman, learned Government Advocate, along with a copy of the cheque, drawn in favour of the petitioner for the amount involved, is kept on record and marked as ‘X’ for the purpose of identification.

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JUDGE

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