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The Gujarat High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of a shocking incident where 17 people lost their vision after undergoing cataract surgery at a trust-run hospital in Ahmedabad. The court has asked the state government to submit a report on the matter by February 7. According to a report by the Local News, a […]
The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the appointment of new chief justices to six high courts on Tuesday, including the transfer of Telangana High Court CJ Satish Chandra Sharma to the Delhi High Court, which had been without a CJ since March 12. After nearly two weeks of intensive debate, the Collegium, which included CJI N.V. […]
The Gujarat High Court directed a woman to pay Rs10,000 to her husband, who left her husband under the influence of her family on the ground that he belongs to a different sub-caste. A division bench of Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Mauna M. Bhatt said, “We find it extremely unfortunate that the educated couple […]
The Gujarat High Court has obliterated a part of the GST notice and demanded the deduction of one-third of land’s value towards construction services. The bench has recalled it as an arbitrary measure. The ad hoc deduction of one-third from the land value in the case of construction services has been a source of friction. […]
The only thing that stood between the Ishwarbhai Verma brothers of Gujarat and a 79-acres land was thirty-one paise. In December 2019, Rakesh Ishwarbhai Verma and Manoj Ishwarbhai Verma bought a piece of land in the Zolapur village of Sanand taluka in Ahmedabad. However, receiving land ownership has been quite a task for them. The […]
The Gujarat High Court quashed three detention orders filed under the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA), 1985. “When two people quarrel and fight and assault each other inside a house or in a street, it may be said that there is a disorder but not public disorder,” the division bench of Justice S.H Vohra […]
The Gujarat High Court will consider whether sending reminders to parents for non-payment of fees constitutes an offence under Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. Cruelty (physical or mental suffering) to children is penalised under the provisions of this Act. Justice Bhargav Karia has issued notice on a […]
The Gujarat High Court slammed the State Police for invoking the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA) in a crime that already had relevant provisions in the Indian Penal Code and the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. The accused was detained under PASA for selling expired drugs by changing their labels. The court observed that the preventive “detention order in question was illegal” and […]
The Gujarat High Court bench of Justice Niral R Mehta had granted bail to the person accused of forging a document on a motorcycle in lieu of Rs.1500. “There is no allegation, whatsoever, in nature against the present applicant that he has forged any document and got the bank account opened. Considering the limited role, […]
Gujarat High Court bench of Justice ILESH J. VORA quashed a ruling by Civil Judge and released the petitioner’s vehicle, a Maruti Swift car, that had been taken into custody for possession of liquor. The police found liquor in the car without any pass or permit and had filed an offence punishable under the Gujarat […]
In an exemplary hearing, Gujarat High Court has issued an order in favor of the petitioners who are retired teachers in their 80s, saying that they had the right to receive pension according to the revised pension scale. The bench headed by Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J Shastri ordered the respondents, the […]
The division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J Shastri today ordered an advocate who is the ‘party-in-person’ to pay a “nominal amount of Rs 1000 to Chief Minister’s COVID relief fund within four weeks”. The contempt petition of the counsel was dismissed by the bench stating, “Qualitative judicial time has been […]
A woman got Rs 1,70,000 due to her for seven years as arrears on alimony after a division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh K Shastri asked her ex-husband to pay the amount immediately failing which he would become a civil prisoner. At the same time, the court directed the respondent to […]
In a contempt of court case listed before the division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice A.J. Shastri, the CJ clarified that the court cannot issue directions in contempt jurisdiction on Monday. During the hearing, the Advocate for the petitioner said that the court had directed to conclude the elections of the Jamaat […]
Gujarat High Court granted relief to an individual whose property assets got seized by the Enforcement Directorate. The authorities suspected him of replacing old demonetized currency notes amounting to ₹36.17 crores. The Gujarat High Court asserted that the property confiscated by the authorities was bought by the man before he was booked under PLMA (Prevention […]
An application for withdrawal of public interest litigation (PIL) moved before the Gujarat High Court seeking a ban on loudspeakers in mosques across the state owing to their high volume was filed on Thursday. While the matter was listed for hearing before the division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice AJ Shastri. Surprisingly, […]
A division bench of the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the 38 convicts who were sentenced to death by an Ahmedabad special court in the 2008 serial bomb blasts case. The court was hearing the application moved by Gujarat government Tuesday before the HC seeking confirmation of the sentence pronounced February 18. […]
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to vacate a stay by the Gujarat High Court on the implementation of certain provisions related to interfaith couples in the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act. The Gujarat Government had challenged the HC’s stay order of August 19 and its refusal to issue a rectification order in the […]
Gujarat High Court refused to quash an FIR against an official of the Gujarat State Land Development Corporation (GSLDC) who was charged with offences punishable under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code. An FIR was registered with the ACB police station in Gandhinagar in 2018 against Kanaiyalal Detroja who was then […]
The Gujarat High Court has sent a notice to the State Information department on another petition challenging direct recruitment of Class-II Assistant Director of Information. The petition has been filed by employees currently serving as Senior Sub-Editor in Class-3. The petitioners have argued before the Gujarat High Court that the Information and Broadcasting Department of the State […]
