GUWAHATI: The Gauhati high courtroom on Tuesday declared that it is illegal to name any type of road or rail blockade in the state. The courtroom additionally ordered the Assam Police to register FIRs against organisations or groups calling such blockades. The courtroom has additionally asked the government to recover the loss incurred by means of such blockades from these organisations as arrears of land earnings.
The high courtroom was once responding to a petition filed by means of Lower Assam Inter-District Stage Carriage Bus Owners' Association of Goalpara, complaining a loss of Rs. 56.16 lakh all through 2012-13 due to no less than 51 bandhs called by means of quite a lot of groups.
The courtroom order mentioned, "Police must file chargesheet in such cases for speedy trial before a competent court. While the Assam Police Accountability Commission will monitor the investigation, the home and political department should carry out an assessment of the loss caused during bandhs or blockades. The loss shall be recoverable from the organisations calling such bandh as arrears of land revenue."
The high courtroom was once responding to a petition filed by means of Lower Assam Inter-District Stage Carriage Bus Owners' Association of Goalpara, complaining a loss of Rs. 56.16 lakh all through 2012-13 due to no less than 51 bandhs called by means of quite a lot of groups.
The courtroom order mentioned, "Police must file chargesheet in such cases for speedy trial before a competent court. While the Assam Police Accountability Commission will monitor the investigation, the home and political department should carry out an assessment of the loss caused during bandhs or blockades. The loss shall be recoverable from the organisations calling such bandh as arrears of land revenue."
Road, rail blockade illegal in Assam: High Court
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