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Tensions between family disputes and human rights law took center stage in Gujarat this week, as the High Court clarified the limits of the Human Rights Commission’s powers. The ruling comes after a decade-long property dispute between relatives drew the HRC into matters traditionally reserved for civil courts. Quashing proceedings initiated by the Gujarat State Human […]
The festive skies of Gujarat during Uttarayan brought joy to thousands of kite flyers but proved perilous for birds, with official figures showing that 5,439 birds were injured by sharp kite strings during the festival period. Of these, 4,937 birds—nearly 91 per cent—were rescued and treated by animal welfare teams across the state. Data compiled […]
The Gujarat high court has denied anticipatory bail to a wealthy businessman accused of repeatedly raping his wife and subjecting her to extreme cruelty. It brings into focus the Indian laws on marital intimacy that escapes a clear definition. It may be recalled that courts in the past ruled that denying sexual relations or refusing […]
Police in Surat’s Ichhapore area have arrested a 31-year-old mechanic after a video he recorded during a domestic incident was found to be a critical factor in the investigation into his wife’s death. The accused, Ranjit Sah, had claimed the footage would establish that he was not responsible for the incident. However, investigators told media […]
In a setback to former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday dismissed his plea seeking a separate trial from AAP leader Sanjay Singh in a criminal defamation case linked to remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualifications. The case pertains to statements made by Aam Aadmi Party leaders questioning […]
Passport authorities cannot be the jury on crime cases. The Gujarat High Court has made it clear that officials issuing passports cannot decide if someone facing criminal proceedings should travel abroad. Only the trial court has the authority in such matters, the Gujarat HC ruled. The court was hearing an appeal by Dhaval Sureshbhai Makwana. He reportedly faced impediments […]
“India’s decisive decade,” Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries, said at the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC), a phrase that framed the announcements shore up energy, technology, and manufacturing sectors. That sense of scale ran through the conference, where a series of high-value investment commitments dominated proceedings, signalling strong corporate confidence in Gujarat’s growth trajectory […]
Gujarat is facing growing concern over a noticeable surge in offences involving minors, with official records showing that juvenile-related crimes crossed the 1,700 mark in the past year alone. According to data accessed from law enforcement agencies, nearly 2,011 children below the age of 18 were taken into custody in connection with 1,711 criminal cases […]
Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), the country’s largest passenger vehicle manufacturer, has unveiled plans to expand its manufacturing footprint in Gujarat with an investment of Rs. 4,960 crore. The company’s board has approved the purchase of land at the Khoraj Industrial Estate in Sanand from the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC). This land will be […]
The unremarkable town of Diodar in Banaskantha district seldom makes headlines. But one episode and the way it culminated will be whispered as long as humankind lives there. The incident dates back to 2000, a crime that had long lain buried in the court records. Ishwarji Thakor, then a middle-aged man, had reportedly killed his […]
From the Bhavnagar tremors to the 2001 devastation, the shadow of earthquakes chases Gujarat. Horrific memories of the past keep residents and authorities on alert. The latest installment of quakes was witnessed in Rajkot on Friday, though it was not on a severe scale. The district woke to tremors, with a series of earthquakes rattling […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached a resort and several other properties valued at approximately Rs. 4.92 crore belonging to a former field supervisor of the Gujarat Land Development Corporation (GLDC) in Gujarat’s Anand district, in connection with a money laundering investigation, officials said on Thursday. In a statement, the ED’s Ahmedabad Zonal Office […]
Five BJP MLAs from Vadodara district have approached Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, alleging that senior district officials are disregarding development-related inputs from elected representatives and neglecting public grievances, a move they say is hampering governance and damaging the government’s image on the ground. In a letter submitted on Thursday to the Chief Minister’s office in […]
More than Rs. 2 crore collected as excess school fees will have to be refunded to parents of St Xavier’s Loyola School in Naranpura after the Government’s Fee Regulatory Committee rejected the school’s appeal against a fee reduction order. The decision has made it mandatory for the school to return the additional amount collected from […]
Ahmedabad’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has initiated a review of alleged financial discrepancies in the Amdavad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) tree plantation programme after reported expenditure climbed to Rs. 131 crore, far exceeding the originally sanctioned budget of Rs. 69 crore. According to media reports, the ACB has sought a detailed explanation from the Director of the […]
The spike in typhoid cases in Gandhinagar has drawn attention to a more entrenched problem: consuming Gujarat capital’s drinking water is putting health at severe risk. Health authorities in Gandhinagar have linked recent infections to contaminated water supply lines. That assertion cloaks the truth. The water in general in Gandhinagar is unsafe. Official data from […]
Ahead of upcoming civic elections in Gujarat, former Dediyapada MLA Mahesh Vasava has joined the Congress party. His induction took place at the culmination of the Congress’ Jan Akrosh Yatra in Dahod, in the presence of senior party leaders on Tuesday. Vasava, the son of Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) founder and veteran tribal leader Chhotubhai […]
A Rajkot-based couple has moved the Gujarat High Court seeking directions to the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India against Indian Bank, alleging that gold ornaments worth Rs 1.15 crore pledged for loans went missing from the bank’s custody. According to a news report, they further alleged that they were kept in the dark […]
In a significant development for couples seeking divorce by mutual consent, the Gujarat High Court has ruled that the six-month “cooling-off” period prescribed under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act is not compulsory and can be waived in appropriate cases. According to media reports, under Section 13B, when a husband and wife jointly approach […]
A routine operation to capture a lioness in a Visavadar taluka farm turned fatal when a forest tracker was struck by a tranquiliser dart. The tracker was identified as Ashraf Chauhan. He succumbed to injuries at Junagadh Civil Hospital. A news report claims this marks the first-ever fatality of a forest department worker caused by […]
