Assam Lawyer

Separatist Amritpal Singh, who is currently lodged in a jail in Assam under the National Security Act, will fight the Lok Sabha polls from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib seat as an Independent candidate, his counsel claimed on Wednesday.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has hit back at lawyer Kapil Sibal for saying Assam was part of Myanmar during a hearing in the Supreme Court.

At the Supreme Court hearing of the harassment case against Indian Youth Congress chief BV Srinivas today, Justice BR Gavai heard the Assam government's lawyer's submissions - and then asked about the "ED and CBI" on a lighter note.

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed at the Gauhati High Court by a Delhi lawyer seeking an independent probe into the alleged fake encounters by the Assam Police.

Days after the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma in his affidavit submitted in the Gauhati High Court said the NRC may have included up to 2.77 lakh "undeserving" names due to poor quality check and control, opposition parties in Assam, lawyers and activist dealing with NRC update exercise have alleged that this...

A special NIA court on Friday again remanded Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) chief Akhil Gogoi, who has been arrested and charged under stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for his alleged role in the anti-CAA protests in Assam, to 14-day judicial custody, his lawyer said.

A retired school teacher-turned-lawyer in Assam, distressed at his name not being included in the controversial citizens' list, committed suicide on Sunday, police said. This is the third case of suicide after the draft National Register of Citizens, that excluded 40 lakh people, was published earlier this year.

A Supreme Court lawyer in Bangladesh has petitioned the High Court in Dhaka to order the government to recover 1 crore taka as compensation from those responsible for the death of 'Bangabahadur', a wild Indian elephant which was swept away 1,700 km by raging floods in the Brahmaputra river.

Separatist Amritpal Singh, who is currently lodged in a jail in Assam under the National Security Act, will fight the Lok Sabha polls from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib seat as an Independent candidate, his counsel claimed on Wednesday.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has hit back at lawyer Kapil Sibal for saying Assam was part of Myanmar during a hearing in the Supreme Court.

At the Supreme Court hearing of the harassment case against Indian Youth Congress chief BV Srinivas today, Justice BR Gavai heard the Assam government's lawyer's submissions - and then asked about the "ED and CBI" on a lighter note.

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed at the Gauhati High Court by a Delhi lawyer seeking an independent probe into the alleged fake encounters by the Assam Police.

Days after the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma in his affidavit submitted in the Gauhati High Court said the NRC may have included up to 2.77 lakh "undeserving" names due to poor quality check and control, opposition parties in Assam, lawyers and activist dealing with NRC update exercise have alleged that this...

A special NIA court on Friday again remanded Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) chief Akhil Gogoi, who has been arrested and charged under stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for his alleged role in the anti-CAA protests in Assam, to 14-day judicial custody, his lawyer said.

A retired school teacher-turned-lawyer in Assam, distressed at his name not being included in the controversial citizens' list, committed suicide on Sunday, police said. This is the third case of suicide after the draft National Register of Citizens, that excluded 40 lakh people, was published earlier this year.

A Supreme Court lawyer in Bangladesh has petitioned the High Court in Dhaka to order the government to recover 1 crore taka as compensation from those responsible for the death of 'Bangabahadur', a wild Indian elephant which was swept away 1,700 km by raging floods in the Brahmaputra river.