When Court Lacks Jurisdiction To Entertain Application U/S 34 Of Arbitration Act, It Cannot Set Aside Award On Merits: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice D.N. Ray and has held that Once the Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the Section 34 application—having been filed beyond the limitation prescribed under Section 34(3) and its proviso—any finding on the validity of the arbitral award as void ab initio was without legal authority. Entertaining...

Omission Of Rule 96(10) Of CGST Rules Operates Prospectively But Applies To All Pending Proceedings: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court stated that omission of Rule 96(10) Of CGST Rules, 2017 operates prospectively but applies to all pending proceedings. The Division Bench of Justices Bhargav D. Karia and D.N. Ray was addressing the issue where a group of petitions have challenged the vires of Rule 96(10) of the Central/State Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 as substituted by the Central...

Gujarat HC Advocates Association Condemns ED Summons To Arvind Datar, Requests CJI To Take Up Issue To Protect Lawyers' Independence

The Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association (GHAA) in its Extra Ordinary General Body Meeting held on 17th June in the Bar Room has unanimously passed a resolution “strongly condemning” the Enforcement Directorate's move issuing summons to Senior Advocate Arvind P. Datar over his legal advice to Care Health Insurance on the ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership) assigned to former Care...

Ahmedabad Plane Crash: Gujarat High Court To Observe 2-Minute Silence On Friday To Mourn Victims' Demise

The Gujarat High Court on Friday morning will observe 2-minute silence to mourn the demise of victims of the Air India flight crash which occurred on Thursday afternoon in AhmedabadA circular issued by the Registrar General on Thursday states that the managing committee of the Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association had requested to observe 2-minute silence over the tragic incident and...

Justice NS Sanjay Gowda Sworn-In As Judge Of Gujarat High Court

Justice Neranahalli Srinivasan Sanjay Gowda was sworn in as a judge of the Gujarat High Court on Monday (June 9). The oath was administered to Justice Gowda by Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal. Notably, the Central Government had last month notified the transfer of four judges of the Karnataka High Court to various other high courts which included the transfer of Justice Gowda to Gujarat High...

Gujarat High Court Discontinues Sitting After Bomb Threat

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (June 9) stopped functioning post lunch hour, after the court's registry allegedly received an anonymous bomb threat through email.A notice issued by the Registrar General states:"Because of unavoidable circumstances, it has been decided to discontinue the functioning of the Courts after Iunch i.e. after 1.45 pm. The Courts are requested to convey to the...

Celebi Moves Gujarat High Court To Restrain Adani's Ahmedabad Airport From Taking Final Call On Replacing Its Services

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (June 5) issued notice on an appeal preferred by Celebi Ground Handling India Private Ltd challenging a commercial court's order which rejected its interim plea over termination of agreement for ground handling services at Ahmedabad International Airport operated by Adani group.A vacation bench of Justice Devan M Desai after hearing the matter for some time...

Young Bar Members' Commitment Assures That Future Of Judiciary Is In Capable Hands: Justice Biren Vaishnav Bids Farewell To Gujarat High Court

"This institution has taught me...that independence, integrity and inspiration are hallmarks of an institution to stand out. If the institution is what it is please nurture it and let these hallmarks be roadmap to take it further," said Justice Biren Vaishnav as he bid farewell to Gujarat High Court on Wednesday after completing his nine-year stint as a judge.Justice Vaishnav, who was elevated...

Gujarat High Court Permits Multi-Crore Bank Fraud Accused To Travel Abroad To 'Explore Business Opportunity'

The Gujarat High Court has permitted director of IT firm, Sai InfoSystem (India) Ltd Sunil Kakkad who has been booked in alleged multi-crore bank fraud case, to travel to UAE for exploring business opportunities with companies to outsource back-end IT Support & Enterprises Resource Planning software requirements to India.Kakkad was reportedly arrested in 2014 in Liberia and has been...

Godhra Train Burning Case: Gujarat High Court Grants Convict 10-Day Parole To Attend Brother-In-Law's Death Rituals

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (June 2) granted 10-day parole to Jabir Behra, one of the 11 persons convicted in the case concerning the burning of Sabarmati Express in Godhra in 2002. Notably, Behra was one of 11 individuals convicted and sentenced to death by the trial court in 2011. Against this order the convicts had moved the high court. The high court had in 2017 commuted the...

Gujarat High Court Upholds Order Sending Man To 30-Day Civil Imprisonment For Selling Shop Despite Status Quo

The Gujarat High Court has upheld a trial court order which sent a man stated to be suffering from a disability to 30-day civil imprisonment for selling a shop despite a status quo order against such sale.The high court rejected the contention of the petitioner's counsel that civil imprisonment imposed on the petitioner was wrong and that the court should have have weighed other options...

S.12 POSH Act | Gujarat High Court Grants Leave To Complainant Despite Completion Of Inquiry To Save Her From Sitting Next To Accused

The Gujarat High Court has permitted a government woman employee to remain on leave for one week who had filed a complaint against her colleague of sexual harassment under the POSH Act, while her representation before the concerned authority–seeking transfer so that she does not have to sit next to him, is decided. In doing so the court noted that while Section 12 of POSH Act permits...