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GUWAHATI: The Assam Government, responding to the Gauhati High Court (GHC) on a PIL 24/2020, said that that registration of persons between 18 and 44 years of age, for vaccination was not being done due to shortage of vaccines.
Appearing before the Bench of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, the senior standing counsel, Government of Assam, D Saikia apprised the Court of the measures being taken by the Government to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
On the queries which were made earlier by the High Court, in its reply, D Saikia said, As regarding difficulties being faced by the villagers in getting themselves registered for vaccination through online, he would reply that apart from online registration, there are walk-in registration centres in the vaccination centres itself.
The Gauhati High Court (GHC), hearing the PIL (suo-moto) 4/2020 said on Wednesday that a high-powered committee of the Court will decide the fates of the jail inmates who are supposed to be released.
GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court, after hearing a petition pertaining to corruption in four leading universities of the state, has asked the petitioner first to approach the chancellor of the universities concerned with detailed representations as the court expecting the chancellors to take a decision on those representations.
The petitioner, Amguri Naba Nirman Samity, contended in the PIL that an issue of corruption is on in Tezpur University, Assam Agricultural University, Assam, Gauhati University and Dibrugarh University. Out of these, only Tezpur University is a central university.
Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi is the chancellor of the state universities.
The bench of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, in the order, said, “We do not say anything on the merits of the case but considering that these are all autonomous bodies, in case there is such an allegation, it would be only just and fair if the petitioner first approaches the chancel
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The <b>Gauhati High Court on Tuesday (19th January)</b> issued notice to Union Of India, State of Nagaland and others in a plea filed by the petitioner-Society (Global Trust Club) raising an issue pertaining .