Sandhya Biswas v. the Union of India and 5 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal for want of prosecution; petitioner absent on call; second consecutive absence despite prior warning of adverse orders recorded on 06.04.2026; writ petition dismissed; records ordered to be sent back; Gauhati High Court; WP(C)/7671/2019; order dated 04.05.2026; bench Sanjay Kumar Medhi and Shamima Jahan, JJ.; order authored by S.K. Medhi, J; respondents: Union of India, Election Commission of India, State of Assam, State Co-ordinator NRC, Deputy Commissioner Dhemaji, Superintendent of Police (B) Dhemaji; respondent side appeared through Standing Counsel (Home Department & NRC), Government Advocate Assam, Standing Counsel ECI and CGC; no statute cited, no precedent cited, no quantum involved; purely procedural non-prosecution disposal with no adjudicated legal issue.
What did the court decide?
The Court concluded that the petitioner is not interested in pursuing the case.