{"id":262448,"date":"2022-03-25T00:56:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T19:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=262448"},"modified":"2022-03-25T16:49:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:19:35","slug":"gauhati-high-court-assam-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/constitutional-law-news\/courts-news\/gauhati-high-court-assam-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Gauhati High Court tells petitioner to approach Assam government over change in alignment of river bank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Gauhati High Court<\/a> has directed the petitioners to move a representation before the Secretary, Water Resource Department, Government of Assam, regarding change of alignment, design as well as the place of a river bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Kakheto Sema disposed of a PIL on March 21, filed by Kartik Deka and Manuranjan Das,\u00a0 alleging\u00a0that the alignment, design as well as the place of a river bank has been changed, which is adversely affecting the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B. Goswami,\u00a0Standing Counsel, Water Resource Department, on the other hand, submitted that this exercise has been undertaken after wide consultation with all the stakeholders and the work is presently under progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Under these circumstances, the Court directed the petitioners to move a representation before the Secretary, Water Resource Department, Government of Assam, who shall thereafter pass a speaking order after hearing all the concerned parties in accordance with law.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Let the entire exercise be done within a period of six weeks from the date of filing of the representation. With the above observation, the public interest litigation is disposed of, the order read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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