Gujarat High Court
Gujarat HC Allows Partial De-Sealing Of Educational Institution For Carrying Out Fire Safety Compliance Work, Defers Verdict On Water Tank
The Gujarat High Court on Friday (March 13) permitted a public trust–running an educational institution which was earlier sealed for not having fire safety NOC, to carry out corrective measures regarding fire safety. In doing so the court permitted opening of the seal, after the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said that the institution shall be de-sealed on Monday (March 16) except for the...
Pujari Does Not Qualify As 'Workman', Temple Trust Not Industry Under Industrial Disputes Act: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has recently held that a temple priest/pujari would not qualify as 'workman' under the definition of Industrial Disputes Act as a pujari in a Temple does not do manual, unskilled, skilled, technical, operational, clerical or supervisory work. The court further held that a trust managing a temple cannot be considered as an Industry under the act merely because the...
Power Company Can't Claim Negligence By Deceased Who Died After Coming In Contact With Hanging Live Wire: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court dismissed an appeal by power company Paschim Gujarat Vij Co Ltd challenging trial court order granting compensation to the kin of a man who died on spot after coming in contact with a live wire while he was walking over a lake embankment. In doing so the court held that the company cant claim negligence by the deceased specially when its own live wires were hanging...
Technology Must Facilitate Access To Justice: Gujarat High Court Allows NRI Husband To Join Conciliation Via VC
The Gujarat High Court quashed a family court order which had while considering a mutual consent divorce case, rejected a US-based husband's request to participate in conciliation process through video conferencing, holding that the request was blindly rejected without considering the facts of the case. In doing so the court said that the use of video conferencing ensures that...
'Desecration Of PIL Rules': Gujarat High Court Slaps ₹10 Lakh Costs On Litigant Claiming Encroachment Of Protected Mosque
The Gujarat High Court dismissed a PIL seeking removal of alleged illegal construction claimed to be made within the protected area of Bawa Ali Shah's Mosque–a protected monument in Ahmedabad, after noting that the litigant had not disclosed details of a previous PIL dismissed for default as well as his criminal antecedents. In doing so the court imposed cost of Rs. 10 Lakh on the...
'No Policy' Granting Right To Land: Gujarat High Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Allotment Of Land For Social Functions
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking direction to State authorities to decide a representation for allotment of land to hold social functions in a village in Gir Somnath district, orally remarking that there were was no government policy placed before it under which land could be allotted as a matter of right.During the hearing the counsel for the...
Home Guards Entitled To Duty Allowance Equivalent To Minimum Pay Of Police Personnel: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has directed the State Government to increase the duty allowance payable to Home Guards so that it matches the minimum pay received by police personnel, holding that the State cannot disregard binding directions issued by the Supreme Court on the issue.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Maulik J. Shelat held that the State's continued payment of a daily allowance of ₹450...
Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up : March 02 - March 08, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 70 - 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 78Nominal IndexBabubhai Ishwarbhai Patel v. State of Gujarat & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 70State of Gujarat v. Shabbirhusein Shekhadam Khandvawala & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 71Suleiman Ahmed Minty v. State of Gujarat & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 72Advance Greenfield Pvt Ltd Through Its Director Surendrakumar Netaram Sharma v. State...
Family Court Can Admit CCTV Footage Showing Husband Assaulting Wife Without Certificate U/S 65B Evidence Act: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has upheld a Family Court decree dissolving a marriage on the ground of cruelty, holding that the Family Court was justified in relying on CCTV footage of an incident involving the husband's assault on the wife at a railway station, despite the lack of a Section 65B certificate. Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act requires that any electronic record (computer...
Delay Beyond 60 Days To Seek Discharge U/S 250 BNSS Does Not Extinguish Accused's Right: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that although Section 250(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) prescribes a period of sixty days to file a discharge application after committal, the expiry of that period does not extinguish the accused's right to seek discharge where sufficient cause for delay is shown.Section 250(1) of the BNSS allows an accused to file an...
Maintenance Should Not Be Excessive To Encourage Idleness: Gujarat High Court Reduces Enhanced Amount
The Gujarat High Court recently observed that while maintenance may be enhanced due to inflation and changed circumstances, the amount fixed must not be excessive in a manner that encourages idleness or becomes disproportionate to the husband's income and liabilities.Justice P. M. Raval held that the Family Court had doubled the maintenance amount without providing adequate reasons...
Suo-Motu Land Proceedings By Revenue Authorities After 11-Year Delay Arbitrary, Can't Annull Sale Deed: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court quashed orders of revenue authorities vesting agricultural land in the State, holding that initiation of suo motu proceedings after an unexplained delay of 11 years was arbitrary and beyond the scope of the powers under the Bombay Land Revenue Code.Justice Divyesh A. Joshi observed that the revenue authorities had exercised powers in a manner contrary to settled...