Overview

• The court directed the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council to place the allotment policy and full records on file, with a rehearing set for September 1.
• Allotments totaled 3,000 bighas in Umrangso—2,000 bighas in October 2024 and another 1,000 bighas in November—signed by the council’s revenue authority for a cement plant.
• Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi called the size “extraordinary” and asked in open court, “Is this some kind of joke?”, stressing that public interest must prevail.
• Petitions before the bench include locals contesting eviction and a plea by Mahabal Cements seeking protection, whose counsel said the land came via a tendered 30-year mining lease.
• Opposition Congress leaders have previously alleged plans to transfer nearly 9,000 bighas in the district to politically connected interests, a claim reported earlier as political pressure mounted.