The former Vice President and her husband were away during the Friday night incident, which has reignited debate over her state-funded security arrangements.
Adarsh Kataria, an 11,000-rupee-a-month contract worker linked to five houses and luxury cars, went missing after cooperating with counterfeit investigators.
The Gauhati High Court termed the demolition of homes on private agricultural land in Goalpara 'prima facie illegal' and a violation of natural justice.
The deliberate blaze at the derelict Stoneyhurst Street flats followed weeks of false social media claims that the building was being refurbished for asylum seekers.
Defence attorney Kevin Reddington has urged Judge William Sullivan to declare Lindsay Clancy not guilty, while also making an unconventional appeal to President Donald Trump for a pardon.
