Guwahati, Feb. 6 -- The Gauhati High Court has directed the Principal Secretary of the Home and Political Department and the Director General of Police (DGP) of Assam to appear in person before the court on February 14, 2025, for their failure to file an affidavit as previously ordered.

The case pertains to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) addressing illegal coal mining activities and the diversion of forest land for the Tikok open cast mining project in Assam's Tinsukia district.

While hearing the case on Thursday (February 6, 2025), Justices Kalyan Rai Surana and Malasri Nandi expressed their displeasure at the repeated delays in receiving the affidavit, despite multiple listings of the case since the initial order on April 27, 2023...