{"id":134169,"date":"2025-01-24T20:56:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T15:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=134169"},"modified":"2025-01-24T21:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T15:31:50","slug":"gauhati-high-court-takes-bold-steps-in-karbi-anglong-land-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=134169","title":{"rendered":"Gauhati High Court Takes Bold Steps in Karbi Anglong Land Dispute :"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-134100\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/New-Logo-Smal-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"52\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">T<\/span>he <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=132452\">Gauhati High Court<\/a> has recently issued critical directives in response to several writ petitions concerning the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC). This legal action revolves around contentious land disputes related to the Professional Grazing Reserve (PGR) in the Kherani locality of West Karbi Anglong, a region where agricultural practices and grazing rights are at the heart of community livelihoods.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_134172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134172\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Gauhati High Court Takes Bold Steps in Karbi Anglong Land Dispute :\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-134172 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-310.webp\" alt=\"Gauhati High Court Takes Bold Steps in Karbi Anglong Land Dispute :\" width=\"1600\" height=\"946\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-310.webp 1600w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-310-300x177.webp 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-310-1024x605.webp 1024w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-310-768x454.webp 768w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-310-1536x908.webp 1536w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-310-750x443.webp 750w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-310-1140x674.webp 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-134172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Gauhati High Court Takes Bold Steps in Karbi Anglong Land Dispute :<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In case No. WP(C)\/3524\/2024, the standing counsel for the KAAC requested an extension to file an affidavit in opposition on behalf of the respondent KAAC authorities. The court granted this request, allowing a four-week period for the submission. This decision underscores the court&#8217;s commitment to ensuring that all parties have the opportunity to present their cases adequately, reflecting a fair judicial process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Similarly, in case No. WP(C)\/3718\/2024, the KAAC&#8217;s counsel sought a three-week extension to submit their affidavit. The court&#8217;s willingness to accommodate these requests demonstrates its understanding of the complexities involved in land disputes, especially in a culturally rich area like Karbi Anglong, where the stakes are high for both local residents and governing bodies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The court has scheduled a follow-up hearing for these matters on February 19, 2025, a date that many stakeholders in the region will be closely monitoring. As tensions continue to rise over land rights and usage, the outcome of these hearings could have significant implications for local governance and agricultural practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Gauhati High Court has issued directives in response to multiple writ petitions concerning the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), which focus on land disputes related to the Professional Grazing Reserve (PGR) in the Kherani locality of West Karbi Anglong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In case No. WP(C)\/3524\/ 2024, the standing counsel for the KAAC requested and was granted four weeks to file an affidavit in opposition on behalf of the respondent KAAC authorities. Similarly, in case No. WP(C)\/3718\/ 2024, the KAAC&#8217;s counsel sought three weeks to submit their affidavit. The court has scheduled a subsequent listing of these matters for February 19, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gauhati High Court has recently issued critical directives in response to several writ petitions concerning the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC). This legal action revolves around contentious land disputes related to the Professional Grazing Reserve (PGR) in the Kherani locality of West Karbi Anglong, a region where agricultural practices and grazing rights are at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[39999,39991,40003,39996,40004,40001,7691,39992,39997,39995,39987,17493,39988,40000,40002,39998,39990,39989,2569,39993,39994],"class_list":["post-134169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-karbi-anglong","tag-agricultural-practices-impact","tag-agricultural-practices-karbi-anglong","tag-community-livelihoods-grazing-rights","tag-court-directives-land-disputes","tag-cultural-richness-karbi-anglong","tag-follow-up-hearing-february-19-2025","tag-gauhati-high-court","tag-grazing-rights-disputes","tag-judicial-process-karbi-anglong","tag-kaac-affidavit-extension","tag-kaac-writ-petitions","tag-karbi-anglong-autonomous-council","tag-land-disputes-karbi-anglong","tag-land-rights-tensions","tag-legal-action-karbi-anglong","tag-local-governance-implications","tag-pgr-kherani","tag-professional-grazing-reserve","tag-west-karbi-anglong","tag-wpc-3524-2024","tag-wpc-3718-2024"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/134172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}