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Surat Municipal Corporations U-Turn On Rehabilitation Assurance To Demolition Victims Prima Facie Contemptuous: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (October 23) said that the "change of stand" by Commissioner of Surat Municipal Corporation and Chairperson of corporation's Standing Committee in not providing alternative accommodation to residents whose homes were demolished despite an earlier assurance was "prima facie" contemptuous. Justice Nikhil S Kariel was hearing a petition filed by a group of...

Custody Plea Under Guardians & Wards Act Must Be Heard By Court Where Child Resides: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that proceedings seeking custody of a child under Guardians and Wards Act must be heard by the family court in whose jurisdiction the child resides. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 291]The court was hearing an estranged wife's plea to transfer the husband's matrimonial suit from Family Court, Himmatnagar to Family Court, Rajkot where she is residing with her parents.She...

Cruelty FIR Against Mother-In-Law Cant Be Sustained When Complainants Earlier Marriage Still Subsisting: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has quashed a cruelty FIR against a mother-in-law, holding that Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) could not be invoked as the complainant's earlier marriage was still subsisting when she married the applicant's son. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 290]The complainant had alleged that the applicant, her mother-in-law, abetted her husband in subjecting her to cruelty.Justice...

Misuse Of Authority By Bank Officials Undermines Customers Trust In Banks: Gujarat High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail

The Gujarat High Court has observed that misuse of authority by banking officials who are charged with guarding customers' money strikes at the very foundation on which financial institutions function. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 289]In doing so the court rejected a man's anticipatory bail plea after noting that a specific role was attributed to him–as an official in a bank accused of defrauding...

Written Agreements Recording Mutual Consent Make Rape Prosecution On False Promise Of Marriage Difficult To Sustain: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has observed that when two adults live together under a mutually consented written agreement and thereafter end their arrangement also via a written agreement then the complainant's claim of rape on false promise of marriage becomes difficult to sustain. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 288]The court said that the long drawn relationship of the appellant with the respondent,...

Goods Owner Travelling In Truck With His Goods Not A Gratuitous Passenger; Insurer Liable: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that an insurer is liable to compensate the owner of goods travelling in goods carriage for injuries caused due to accident, as statutory rules permit the owner or hirer of goods to travel in a goods vehicle free of charge and such an individual does not qualify as a “gratuitous passenger.” [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 287]A Division Bench of Justice N.S. Sanjay...

Gujarat High Court Drops Contempt Proceedings Against Lawyer Over Remarks Against Sitting Judges, Accepts His Apology

The Gujarat High Court closed a suo-motu criminal contempt case against a lawyer who had made assertions against two sitting high court judges, after taking note of his unconditional apology. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 286]The lawyer had made certain assertions in his application that he had filed for initiation of contempt in another matter. The assertions were directed against two Sitting Judges...

Gujarat High Court Quashes FIR Against Lawyer, Says Impossible To Believe He Extorted Traffic Policeman During Facebook Live-Stream

The Gujarat High Court quashed an extortion FIR against a lawyer after noting that it was impossible to believe that the petitioner who was live-streaming on Facebook at the time of the alleged incident would also simultaneously extort money from traffic personnel at the exact moment. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 285]The court said that the FIR against the petitioner was "counter blast" to the attempt...

Adani Defamation Case: Gujarat High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Journalist Ravi Nairs Plea To Produce Additional Evidence

Gujarat High Court judge Justice SV Pinto on Tuesday (October 13) recused from hearing journalist Ravi Nair's plea challenging a sessions court's order which rejected his plea to bring on record additional evidence concerning a defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Ltd. Adani Enterprises Ltd filed the criminal defamation case alleging that Ravi Nair published and disseminated a series...