'Intention Clear From Brutality': Gujarat High Court Upholds Man's Life Sentence For Raping, Throttling Minor To Death

The Gujarat High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of a man found guilty of rape and murder of a minor girl in Dahod district in 2013, holding that the prosecution had established a complete chain of circumstantial evidence pointing to the accused's guilt.A Division Bench of Justice Ilesh J. Vora and Justice R.T. Vachhani dismissed the appeal filed by Mukeshbhai...

Gujarat High Court Rejects Plea For Protection Of Burial Rights Near Protected Monument, Says Customary Right Not Proved

The Gujarat High Court has dismissed an appeal seeking the State government be restrained from interfering with a party's burial activities near a protected monument in Vadodara, holding that the party had failed to establish any customary or legal right over the site.A Single Judge Bench of Justice J.C. Doshi observed that the plaintiff had neither proved his alleged status as a religious...

Trial Court Can't Assume Interview Committee's Role, Direct Appointment Of Govt School Teacher 11 Yrs After Merit List: Gujarat High Court

Holding that civil court cannot reassess interview marks or direct appointment to a public post, the Gujarat High Court quashed concurrent judgments of the Trial Court and First Appellate Court which had directed appointment of a primary school teacher nearly 11 years after the declaration of merit list.A Single Judge Bench of Justice J.C. Doshi observed: “If we peruse paragraph Nos. 12 to...

Gujarat High Court Issues Notice On PIL Flagging Alarming Rise Of Deepfakes & AI Generated Fake Content

The Gujarat High Court recently issued notice on a PIL raising concerns about the “sharp and alarming rise” in deepfake and AI-generated content circulating on digital and social media platforms and seeking the formulation of procedural rules to address such threats.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice D.N. Ray sought responses from the State and...

S.11(3) Bombay Rents Act | Judicial Fixation Of Standard Rent Inaplicable To New Construction Built Post 2001 Amendment: Gujarat High Court

Holding that tenants cannot invoke Section 11(3) of Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act for fixation of standard rent in respect of premises constructed after the 2001 amendment, the Gujarat High Court dismissed a batch of appeals filed by tenants of Jetpur Swaminarayan Trust.A Single Judge Bench of Justice J.C. Doshi observed:“… it becomes abundantly clear that...

S.63AA Gujarat Tenancy & Agricultural Lands Act | Collector Can't Deny Industrial Land Use Certificate Over Technical Defects: High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that the Collector cannot reject an application for grant of land use certificate under Section 63AA of State Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act on technical deficiencies.For context, Section 63AA of the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 enables a person to buy agricultural land provided that it is to be used for bona-fide...

Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: February 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 32 - 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 69Nominal Index Vishwas Sudhanshu Bhamburkar v State of Gujrat and Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 32Nagar Seva Sadan, Mangrol v. Motivarash Premjibhai Damabhai 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 33 Mahesh Natubhai Gamit & Ors. V. Chhaganbhai Reshiabhai Through Heirs And L.R. & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 34Bhimaben wd/o Bhagoji Raghoji Uttekar & Ors. v....

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up : February 22 - March 1, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 55 - 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 69Nominal IndexSangada Hansaben Malabhai v. State of Gujarat & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 55Executive Engineer G.E.B. (now Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd.) & Ors. v. Mulraj Ice Factory, Proprietor Hariharprasad Zaverilal & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 56Kinjal v State of Gujarat & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 57State of Gujarat...

Fraudulent Mutation Entry Is A 'Nullity'; Limitation Begins From Knowledge Of Fraud: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that revenue entries obtained by suppressing material facts and playing fraud cannot confer legal rights, reiterating that any order secured by fraud is a “nullity and non est in the eye of law.”In doing so the court observed that challenge to a 29-year-old mutation entry would not be barred by limitation as limitation was applicable only from the date...

Gujarat High Court Acquits Cop In 50-Year-Old Custodial Torture Case Citing State's Failure To Prove Illegal Confinement & Assault

The Gujarat High Court acquitted a police officer convicted by trial court in 2003 in a custodial torture and illegal confinement FIR lodged in 1976, holding that the prosecution failed to establish that the complainant was tortured wherein the allegations were not supported by reliable medical or corroborative evidence.Justice Gita Gopi observed:“The prosecution had failed to prove the case...

S.135(C) Gujarat Land Revenue Code | Revenue Authorities Must Mutate Entry When Based On Registered Sale Deed: High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that when rights in land are acquired through a registered document under the Gujarat Land Revenue Code, the revenue authorities are duty-bound to mutate the entry. In doing so the court said that the refusal to restore such entry despite subsequent consent of parties and rectification of defects is “not legally sustainable.”Justice Divyesh A. Joshi referred...

S.163A MV Act | Borrower Driving Owner's Vehicle Not 'Third Party'; Legal Heirs Can't Claim No-Fault Compensation: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that the legal representatives of a deceased borrower-driver cannot maintain a claim under Section 163A of the Motor Vehicles Act against the insurer, reiterating that a person who borrows a vehicle and drives it “steps into the shoes of the owner” and cannot be treated as a third party.Section 163A provides for compensation on a no-fault basis,...