Gujarat High Court
"Pursue Municipal Corporation": Gujarat High Court Disposes Plea Against Notice For Removal Of '200-Yr-Old' Dargah For Road Widening
The Gujarat High Court on Monday (March 16) disposed of a petition challenging a notice issued by Navsari Municipal Corporation to a Dargah, stated to be 200-years-old, for its removal due to a road widening project.The court disposed of the petition as the petitioners sought to withdraw the plea after informing that they had filed objections to the notice and wanted to pursue the matter...
Animal Cruelty: Gujarat High Court Seeks Status Of Proposed State Amendment Banning Glue Traps To Catch Rodents
The Gujarat High Court on Monday (March 16) directed the Home Department's Principal Secretary to file a personal affidavit over the status of proposed State Amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act prohibiting the sale, manufacture and use of glue trap method to catch rodents. The court was hearing a PIL seeking to prohibit the usage of glue trap method to catch rodents which...
Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 09 - March 15, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 79 to 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 87Nominal IndexMayurbhai Badvantbhai Dave v. State of Gujarat & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 79Kartikbhai Jashubhai Patel v. State of Gujarat 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 80X v. Y 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 81Rajeshbhai Maheshbhai Jani & Ors. v. State of Gujarat & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 82Rajesh Nathabhai Ahmeda & Ors. v/s State of Gujarat...
Gujarat High Court Allows Undertrial To Be Taken Home In Police Custody To Perform Pet Dog's Last Rites
The Gujarat High Court on Friday (March 13) permitted a man in judicial custody in a case lodged by his wife, to perform the last rites of his pet dog he had for the past 14 years. During the hearing the counsel appearing for the applicant submitted that there was a dispute between the husband and the wife who had stayed together for 22 years, adding that the applicant was emotionally attached...
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...