Gauhati High Court Quashes MCC Violation Case Against Assam CM

GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court has dismissed a complaint lodged by the Election Commission against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for violating the model code of conduct (MCC).

Earlier, the Election Commission filed the case against Sarma based on an allegation by the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) alleging that he had given an interview to a satellite news channel of the state even after the MCC was imposed then.

It may be mentioned that Sarma had moved to the high court after a lower court summoned him to appear before the court and slapped a fine upon him when he failed to follow the court orders in the case in February this year.

"…this Court is of the considered opinion that continuation of the criminal proceeding would amount to abuse of process of court causing injustice and quashing of the proceeding would otherwise serve the ends of justice. Resultantly, the impugned orders as well as entire proceeding pertaining to CR Case No.1843C /2019 under Section 126(1)(b) of the Representation of People's Act pending before the court of learned CJM, Kamrup (M) at Guwahati is hereby quashed and set aside," the high court order read.

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