Can Writ Petitioners Claim Relief Based on a Civil Court Decree to Which They Were Not Parties? Gauhati High Court Affirms Decree in Personam Cannot Be Invoked for Strangers—Binding Precedent for Land Acquisition Disputes

The Gauhati High Court clarified that decrees passed in civil suits regarding land ownership are decrees in personam, binding only

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September 9, 2025 | Gauhati High Court

Can pension and salary run concurrently when an employee is overstayed due to administrative error?

Clarification of pension entitlement post-overstay––Gauhati High Court upholds that pension starts after salary period, affirming Supreme Court precedents on non-concurrency

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September 4, 2025 | Gauhati High Court

Can an Appointment of a Village Development Board Secretary Be Quashed for Improper Disqualification under the Village Development Boards Model Rules, 1980?

Clarifying that Secretaries Must Be Elected Only from a Properly Constituted Management Committee and Quashing Appointments That Violate Rule 5

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September 4, 2025 | Gauhati High Court

Can Police Invoke Section 179 BNSS to Summon Persons Beyond Territorial Limits and Above 65 Years?

Clarification of Section 179 BNSS’s Territorial and Age Restrictions; Quashing of Extraterritorial Summons as Binding Authority for Anti-Corruption Investigations  

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September 4, 2025 | Gauhati High Court

Can Rule 7(4) of the Gauhati High Court (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Conduct) Rules, 1967 be validly numbered and require Court Officers appointed from Senior Judicial Assistants to maintain seniority in their original, inferior cadre?

Administrative clarification required to correct numbering under Article 229 and remove unsustainable seniority clause; persuasive authority for service rule amendments

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September 4, 2025 | Gauhati High Court

Does a Civil Court Retain Jurisdiction to Entertain Title Suits Under Sections 96–97 of the Mizoram (Land Revenue) Act, 2013, and Is a Review Permissible to Correct Errors Apparent on Record?

The Gauhati High Court in Review.Pet./2/2024 held that civil courts are not barred by Sections 96 and 97 of the

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September 4, 2025 | Gauhati High Court

Can a Police Officer Summon an Out-of-State Person Under Section 179 BNSS?

Reaffirmation of Territorial Limits for Police Summons; Binding Authority for Subordinate Courts   Summary Category Data Case Name W.P.(Crl.)/7/2025 of

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September 4, 2025 | Gauhati High Court

Can work-charged employees with over a decade of service be retrospectively regularized for pensionary benefits despite being on fixed pay and lacking sanctioned posts?

Division Bench affirms Supreme Court precedents and legislative intent under the Nagaland Work-Charged and Casual Employees Regulation Act 2001, overrules

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September 4, 2025 | Gauhati High Court

Can High Courts Entertain Writ Petitions on Pure Contractual Disputes Involving Disputed Facts?

Reaffirming that Article 226 does not extend to fact-intensive private contracts, the Gauhati High Court follows Supreme Court precedents like

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September 4, 2025 | Gauhati High Court