Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said all state government employees will have to seek prior permission for second marriage even if their religions allow it. The Assam government in a recent order had barred its employees from marrying another person if the spouse is alive and warned of punitive action if they indulged in bigamy.
Departmental proceedings (DPs) await State Government employees who have contracted another marriage without obtaining permission from the government, notwithstanding that the subsequent marriages are.
The State Government has sent an ACS officer to compulsory retirement for giving permission and recognition to 133 members of senior madrassas illegally.
The State Government placed former Secretary of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) Mukul Kathar (ACS) under suspension on the charge of physically assaulting a lady and pointing a gun at his.