(1.) By these set of 40 (forty) intra-court appeals, the appellants have assailed the common judgment and order dt. 18/3/2020, passed by the learned Single Judge in a batch of 49 writ petitions 2020(3) glt 800: [W.P. (C) Nos. 4198/2019 - Geetali Doley Vs. State of Assam and Ors., and 48 connected writ petitions], by which all the said writ petitions were dismissed.
(2.) It may be mentioned that a total of 49 (forty nine) writ appeals were filed. However, during the pendency of these appeals, the appellant in W.A. 127/2020 had expired. Moreover, it may also be mentioned that by a separate order, W.A. No. 27/2024 has been segregated, as the appellant therein, who is one of the accused in Special Case No. 5/2021, (arising out of Bhangagarh P.S. Case No. 159/2017), has been convicted.
(3.) Out of the remaining 47 writ appeals, it has been noted that 8 (eight) appellants had filed two writ petitions each, which were dismissed by the said common judgment under appeal. Therefore, these eight appellants, namely, Kavita Das, Kaushik Kalita, Harshajyoti Bora, Jayanta Kumar Nath, Hemanta Saikia, Jatindra Prasad Baruah, Dilip Kalita and Sabbira Imran have filed two separate writ appeals against dismissal of one their writ petitions, but against their second set of writ petitions, they have filed a common appeal, being WA 333/2021.Accordingly, 47 appeals have heard together.