North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971

The appellants filed a suit in the District Court of Dimapur, Nagaland and later applied under Section 24 of the CPC for its transfer to the District Court of Guwahati, Assam, invoking the jurisdiction of the Gauhati High Court, which is a common High Court for Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. The Gauhat…

The Chakma refugees, who migrated from East Pakistan to Assam in 1964 and were later shifted to the North‑East Frontier Agency (now Arunachal Pradesh) in 1966, were allotted land under a government resettlement scheme but subsequently occupied land donated by a local Raja inside a protected inner‑line area. The State d…

The District Council of Jowai issued a notification fixing a royalty on timber harvested from private forests within its jurisdiction. Forest contractors challenged the levy, arguing it was a tax that the Council was not empowered to impose under the Constitution’s Sixth Schedule. The Supreme Court examined whether the…

J. Thansiama filed a suit for declaration of title against the State of Mizoram. The trial court held that the Limitation Act, 1963 did not apply to Mizoram and allowed the suit. The Gauhati High Court reversed this, holding that the Limitation Act was applicable and dismissed the suit as time‑barred. On appeal, the Su…

The State of Mizoram issued a notification withdrawing the revised pay scales for Executive Engineers and Superintending Engineers, prompting the Mizoram Engineering Service Association to file a writ petition seeking the quashing of the notification and the grant of higher pay scales to Chief Engineers and Additional …