Rashmi Hazarika and 3 Ors. v. the State of Assam and 4 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Infructuous writ petition closed: WP(C)/2204/2024, Gauhati High Court, before Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kardak Ete, order dated 09.06.2026. Petitioners: Rashmi Hazarika and 3 others (Rinku Hazairka, Raja Hazarika, Niru Hazarika), family of Late Biju Hazarika, Mariani, Jorhat, Assam. Respondents: State of Assam (Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department), Executive Officer Assam State Disaster Management Authority, Director General of Police Assam, District Commissioner Jorhat, Superintendent of Police Jorhat. Petitioner counsel: M H Ahmed, O Ullah, I Amin (M. Rahman appearing on behalf of H. Ahmed); respondent counsel: SC, Revenue, GA, Assam. Counsel submitted the petition had become infructuous; the Court closed the writ petition as infructuous. No merits adjudication, no statutes or precedents cited, no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Counsel for the petitioners submitted that the writ petition had become infructuous, and the Court accordingly closed the writ petition on that ground.