26-Jun-2025 After incorrect detention claim, Gauhati HC was informed that Doyjan Bibi was handed over to BSF State admits false claim of Kokrajhar detention; HC seeks BSF Panbari verification if Doyjan Bibi not deported
26-Jun-2025 “Bail once granted can’t be ignored”: Gauhati HC seeks legal basis for re-detentions of COVID-era released detainees In Abdul Sheikh and Majibur Rehman matters, Court directs affidavit on how detention can proceed without recall of COVID-era bail orders; next hearing on July 16
23-Jun-2025 Gauhati HC seeks verification of bail compliance in writ petition filed by Reijya Khatun for detained husband Majibur Rehman High Court notes husband of petitioner was released in 2021 under Supreme Court guidelines, directs State to confirm weekly reporting before recent re-detention
20-Jun-2025 Gauhati HC orders verification of bail compliance in WP challenging illegal detention of Abdul Sheikh Court notes that State never moved to recall bail order before re-detention; directs SP (Border) Chirang to confirm weekly police reporting before re-detention
20-Jun-2025 “State says handed over to BSF, Found Unconscious in Bijni” Gauhati HC demands answers after Samsul Ali returns home unconscious June 20: Gauhati HC questions return of Samsul Ali after BSF 'handover'; seeks affidavit, warns State to follow due process before any deportation
17-Jun-2025 Gauhati HC grants visitation rights after state confirms Doyjan Bibi is in Kokrajhar Holding Centre After weeks of silence, State verbally confirms she is at Kokrajhar Holding Centre; Court allows vakalatnama signing and lists matter for further hearing on June 25
13-Jun-2025 गौहाटी हाई कोर्ट का असम सरकार को निर्देश: मई में पुलिस द्वारा गुप्त रूप से हिरासत में लिए गए दो लोगों की जानकारी दे इन दो लोगों के अचानक लापता होने और गिरफ्तारी मेमो न दिए जाने के बाद परिजनों ने हाई कोर्ट का दरवाजा खटखटाया। दोनों व्यक्ति पहले डिटेंशन सेंटर से रिहा किए गए थे और सुप्रीम कोर्ट के आदेश के अनुसार हर सप्ताह पुलिस थाने में हाजिरी दे रहे थे।
10-Jun-2025 Gauhati HC: Union government admits Samsul Ali was handed over to BSF, Court grants family visitation rights if not yet deported Petition remains pending; Court directs disclosure of deportation details if carried out, after successive hearings highlight procedural gaps in custody and handover
09-Jun-2025 Holding centres, missing memos, and silent transfers: Gauhati HC hears 5 petitions filed by families of Bengali-speaking Muslim detainees in Assam High Court intervenes, ensures detainee location disclosure, visitation rights, clarity on BSF handover, review of ex parte FT order, and stay on one deportation
04-Jun-2025 Gauhati High Court directs Assam Government to disclose whereabouts of two men secretly detained by the police in May Families approached High Court after two detainees vanished without arrest memos; both men had been reporting weekly to police after release from detention centre based on SC orders
04-Mar-2025 CJP Win! Gauhati HC stays deportation of Ajabha Khatun, will address bail demand on April 4 In a crucial intervention, a divisive bench halts Ajabha Khatun’s deportation, directs the Foreigners Tribunal to produce records to examine the procedural validity of the declaration as foreigner, bail prayer kept pending till then
05-May-2023 CJP’s legal aid petition in Assam will now be heard beyond summer vacation The plea seeks proper legal aid for NRC excluded persons, state resists
26-Oct-2022 CJP helps another hapless Muslim individual in securing bail: Gauhati HC CJP’s legal aid and advocacy protected him from being sent to Assam’s dreaded detention camps
29-Mar-2022 CJP’s Assam Legal Aid Petition: Gauhati HC grants Assam and UoI final chance to file affidavits CJP had moved the HC over inadequate legal aid for NRC excluded persons
07-Feb-2022 CJP’s Assam Legal Aid Petition: ASLSA indicates shortage of funds for providing legal aid to those excluded from NRC Previously, the Gauhati HC had emphasised upon importance of funding for legal aid
23-Nov-2021 CJP’s Assam Legal Aid Petition: Gauhati HC asks Centre and State to indicate stand on funding Court observed proper funding could help provide competent legal aid