Our Correspondent Kohima, Oct. 12 (EMN): Taking serious note of the lack of improvement of the road condition along National Highway-2, between Kohima and Mao, the Kohima bench of Gauhati High Court on Wednesday directed the contractor to appear before the court in person. Hearing a suo moto public interest litigation on the matter, Justices Songkhupchung Serto and LS Jamir, summoned the contractor, M/S Fortune Groups, before the court on Oct. 7. Appearing for the respondent, Counsel Joshua Sheqi on Wednesday submitted before the court that the contractor has purchased new equipment in order to expedite the progress of the work. “However, we see no improvement on the condition of the road along the stretch of the road covered by the contract. In that view of the matter, the Contractor is directed to appear before this Court in person on 17.10.2022 at 10.30 am sharp”, the court ordered. It also directed the additional AG to take instructions as to whether the issue with the
Our CorrespondentKohima, Sep. 29 (EMN): The Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court has directed M/S Oasis Techno Construction Limited to liquidate 10% of the total contract amount to National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) within one month, following the firm’s abandonment of Package-III of the four-lane road between Kohima and Dimapur. A bench comprising justices LS Jamir and Songkhupchung Serto passed the order, on Sep. 28, in public interest litigation (suo moto) regarding the four-laning of road between Kohima and Dimapur. “Taking into consideration the lackadaisical, irresponsible behaviour as well as making deliberate false promises on oath before this Court, we direct the respondent No. 12 (M/S Oasis Techno Construction Limited) to liquidate 10% of the total contract amount (INR 111.19 crore) to the NHIDCL authorities within a period of one month from today”, the court order stated. The work order of Package-III (14.210 km) was issued as early