The Gujarat High Court granted bail to one of the five gangrape accused, quoting the victim’s “friendly terms with the applicant.” The accused is one of the five booked under […]
In a landmark judgement, the Gujarat High Court, Thursday, ruled that landowners cannot dispute any land acquisition by the government for public purposes. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aravind […]
The Gujarat High Court heard several writ petitions challenging a Labour Court’s order concerning the reinstatement of retrenched workmen (Petitioners). Taking into account the violation of Sections 25F, G and […]
The Gujarat High Court clarified that injured children have the right to compensation in motor accident cases. The Court awarded four lakh compensation to an 11-year-old minor victim, who consented […]
The Gujarat High Court has allowed a 23-year-old mentally retarded rape survivor to undergo termination of her 21-week-old pregnancy. The Single Bench of Justice Niral R Mehta said, “Mental and […]
In May, Tamil Nadu CM Stalin had requested for Tamil, the official language of the state, to be used in the Madras High Court. The request is still to come […]
The Gujarat High Court denied the appeal of Vishrambhai Shingabhai Suvera (petitioner), an ex-Central Reserve Police Force employee who murdered his nephew, Shailesh. A division bench of Justice Vipul M […]
The Gujarat High Court granted bail to the accused, Nileshbhai Natubhai Patel, the Director of Madhav Copper Ltd, allegedly involved in 137 crores Input Tax Credit (ITC) scam while observing […]
The Gujarat High Court held that Motor Accident Claims Tribunals should allow Claimants to withdraw accident compensation money from the Fixed Deposit (FD) to meet the emergency “exigencies of life”. […]
The Gujarat High Court has granted anticipatory bail to an accused arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act while observing that the Prosecutrix improved the versions […]
The 103-year-old Rajpipla Civil Hospital located in the Narmada district used dummy patients during the inspection conducted by higher officials from the medical department in Gandhinagar for approval to get […]
The Gujarat High Court held that according to the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 19(1)(g), private schools can charge fees as they deem fit without profiteering while quashing the orders […]
Seven Gujarat Congress MLAs cross-voted during the Presidential election. The opposition Presidential candidate, Yashwant Sinha, only received 57 votes instead of 67. The Gujarat Congress is concerned with cross-voting by […]
The Gujarat High Court clarified that any party under the arbitration process can withdraw their consent as per Section 89(2)(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), anytime before the […]
The Union Government’s three newly proposed income tax rules in the Union Budget 2022 came into effect in July, the second quarter (Q2) of the financial year 2022-23 (FY23). Now, […]
Activist Teesta Setalvad denied the Special Investigation Team (SIT) charge of accepting money from the Congress MP Ahmed Patel to topple the state government after the 2002 riots. Recently, Rais […]
Going by the National Family Health Survey 2019-20 (NHFS-5), there has been a reduction of six percent in domestic violence cases in Gujarat. Going a step further, Union Minister for […]
The Gujarat High Court highlighted the significance of substantial evidence in proving a murder case. Then the Division Bench comprising Justices SH Vora and Rajendra Sareen upheld an order of […]
The Gujarat High Court observed that termination of an employee without proper departmental inquiry breaches Section 25(G) of the Industrial Disputes Act. The Single Bench of Justice AY Kogje clarified […]
A high-level meeting on Wednesday was held under the chairmanship of Harsh Sanghvi, Gujarat Minister of State for Home Affairs, regarding the implementation of various projects under Mahila Suraksha Setu. […]