Overview
- Members of the Gauhati High Court Bar Association began a three-day, six-hour hunger strike on January 8 outside the old High Court building, with strikes set for January 8, 9 and 11.
- The Association has formally resolved to abstain from the January 11 foundation-stone event for the new complex at Rangmahal in North Guwahati.
- An official invitation confirms Chief Justice of India Surya Kant will lead the January 11 ceremony, as state and court administration assign staff duties and protocol for January 10–12.
- The Assam government plans an Integrated Judicial Court Complex on roughly 129 bighas at Rangmahal, with Rs 479 crore cleared in the first phase.
- Lawyers cite access-to-justice and consultation concerns, point to a December referendum showing 1,164 of 1,358 voters opposed the shift, and some allege demolition plans and opaque file movements.