The webinar was presided over and addressed by Supreme Court Justice Indira Banerjee, Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Kotiswer Singh, Senior Advocate Pradeep Rai, Advocate Romy Chako amongst other legal luminaries.
The Gauhati High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the Assam forest department for failing to file an affidavit in connection with a public interest litigation on the grant of permission to Oil India Limited (OIL) to drill for hydrocarbons in the Dibru Saikhowa National Park.
The Gauhati High Court has accepted an application of farmer leader Akhil Gogoi in which Gogoi has challenged the dismissal of bail by the NIA Special Court in a case registered in connection with the alleged role in violent demonstrations against the Amended Citizenship law in Assam.
A PIL in the High Court of Gauhati has asked that Hindus in North East India be declared minorities in terms of the Supreme Court's ruling in TMA Pai and Ors. Vs State of Karnataka.