• Complainant Case no. 1 of 2016 & no. 4 of 2015 to be heard by JMFC Peren
• Complainant Case no. 5 ‘set aside & quashed’
Morung Express News
Kohima | April 25
A judgment passed today in a case regarding the educational qualification issue of Nagaland State Chief Minister TR Zeliang has transferred it to the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) of Peren district. The judgment was passed on Monday by Justice LS Jamir at the Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court (of Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram & Arunachal Pradesh).
Cases on the matter were filed in Kohima vide (i) Criminal Revision Petition No.8 (K) of 2015 TR Zeliang vs. District Congress Committee Peren represented by its President Heluina Iheilung (Complainant case no. 5) and (ii) CRP No.9 (K) of 2015 TR Zeliang Vs. Maziezokho Nisa. (Complainant Case no. 4).
The court also took into account that during the pendency of this particular judgment, another criminal revision petition, namely Criminal Revision Petition No. 1 (K) of 2016 “on similar facts” arising out of Complainant Case no. 1 of 2016 was pending before the JMFC, Peren, which was taken up for hearing on March 18, 2016.
“Considering that both the cases are of similar nature, this court in order to avoid conflicting findings by the two separate Courts, is of the considered opinion that Complaint Case No.4 of 2015 pending before the learned JMFC Kohima, Nagaland should be transferred to the court of the learned JMFC Peren Nagaland,” stated the judgment and order passed by the judge on April 25. The judgment ordered the transferred case to be considered along with Complainant case No.1 of 2016.
Complainant case No. 5 of 2015, however, was “set aside and quashed.” Both the criminal revision petitions (4 of 2015 and 5 of 2015) were thus disposed of by the common judgment and order.
TR Zeliang (petitioner) was represented by A. Zhimomi along with Imti Longjem, Joshua, Esther and Vinitoli while the counsel for the respondent consisted of KN Balgopal, Sr. Adv with Nitya Nambiar and M Wapang.
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