Gujarat High Court
Gujarat High Court Upholds Jurisdiction Of State Tribunal For Public Works Contract Disputes Involving Municipal Corporation
The Gujarat High Court dismissed a batch of petitions filed by private contractors involved in public works contract disputes with municipal corporations, in view of a state government notification providing for routing such disputes to be adjudicated by tribunal under the Gujarat Public Works Contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Act 1992. For context the 1992 Act provides for the...
'Absolutely Irresponsible': Gujarat High Court Declines To Quash FIR Against Lawyer For Disclosing POCSO Victim's Name To Media
The Gujarat High Court refused to quash the FIR against a woman advocate booked for disclosing the name of a POCSO victim by giving a media bite, stating that she behaved "absolutely irresponsibly as a professional as well as a human". Justice Nirzar Desai in his order further observed that what was more glaring is that the applicant could not protect the "dignity, reputation, and privacy of...
Gujarat High Court Adjourns Asaram's Regular Bail Plea In 2013 Rape Case To September 26
The Gujarat High Court on Monday (September 22) adjourned to Friday (September 26) the regular bail plea of Asaram who was convicted in a 2013 rape case by a sessions court in Gandhinagar and is serving a life sentence.A division bench of Justice Ilesh J Vora and Justice PM Raval was informed by applicant's counsel that he will be filing a regular bail plea before the Rajasthan High Court...
Gujarat High Court Suggests Ahmedabad School To Consider 10% Admissions On 'Minimal Basis' In Memory Of Child Stabbed By Fellow Student
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (September 17) orally suggested to a private school in a Ahmedabad whose student was reportedly stabbed by another student last month, to consider giving admission to 10% students on a 'minimal basis' in the memory of the deceased student. Justice Nikhil Kariel was hearing two pleas moved by the school— one challenged the show cause notice asking why...
Yatin Oza Objects To New 'Undertaking' Rule For Gujarat High Court Senior Designation In Letter To GHCAA
Senior advocate and former GHCAA president, Yatin Oza, has written to Brijesh Trivedi, President of the Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association (GHCAA), raising his strong objections to a new Rule in the recently published High Court of Gujarat (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2025. Oza has taken exception to Rule 5 ('Undertaking') of the 2025 rules, which requires a...
Gujarat High Court Rejects PIL By Rajkot Resident Claiming Illegal Construction Of Multiplex Cinema Hall In Porbandar
The Gujarat High Court on Friday (September 19) dismissed a PIL moved by a resident of Rajkot claiming illegal construction of Multiplex Cinema Hall in Porbandar district, after noting that the litigant had not been able to establish his credentials.The court further noted that there was no material in the plea, other than newspaper reports, to show how the petitioner found that the...
Surat Rape Case: Gujarat High Court Grants Narayan Sai 5-Day Temporary Bail To Meet Ailing Mother
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (September 18) granted five-day temporary bail to Narayan Sai–convicted and sentenced to life by sessions court in 2019 in a rape case– to meet his "ailing" mother.A division bench of Justice Ilesh J Vora and Justice PM Raval in its order said:"Having regard to the peculiar facts and circumstances and grounds urged in the application and having regard...
'Will Pass Order': Gujarat High Court On Narayan Sai's Plea For Temporary Bail In Rape Case To Meet Ailing Mother
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (September 18) orally indicated that it shall pass an order on a plea filed by Narayan Sai– convicted and sentenced to life by sessions court in 2019 in a rape case– seeking temporary bail to meet his "ailing" mother.Sai's counsel argued before a division bench of Justice Ilesh Vora and Justice PM Raval that the applicant's mother was unwell adding that...
'Vicitmization': Gujarat High Court Upholds Order Reinstating Bank Employee Compulsorily Retired For 'Heated Exchange' With Colleague
The Gujarat High Court upheld the reinstatement of services of an employee of Bank of India who was compulsorily retired in 2002, holding that the bank had failed to establish charges of misconduct and assault against him and that the penalty amounted to victimization and unfair labour practice. The Court held that the case against the employee suffered from an absence of substantial evidence,...
Gujarat High Court Stays IBBI Disciplinary Committee's Order Suspending Resolution Professional For 6 Months
The Gujarat High Court last week stayed an order issued by Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) which had suspended the registration of an insolvency resolution professional for six months pursuant to disciplinary proceedings. The court passed the order after the petitioner questioned the procedure by which the disciplinary proceedings were conducted. Justice Mauna M Bhatt...
Writ Court Interfering With Every Procedural Order In Arbitral Proceedings Is Contrary To Aim Of A&C Act: Gujarat HC
The Gujarat High Court while dismissing a writ petition filed under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution observed that the Writ Court can exercise their power only in cases where the only if the order in questions is “completely perverse”, or the order in questions is crippled with “bad faith” or the order in questions falls in the category of “rarest of rare...
Gujarat High Court Asks Authority To Decide Africa-Born Woman's Plea For Issuance Of Passport Claiming Indian Citizenship By Descent
The Gujarat High Court has asked the Passport Authority to decide a woman's plea for issuance of passport who though was born in Africa, but has sought relief on the ground of being Indian citizen by descent under Citizenship Act. During the hearing, the petitioner's counsel submitted before Justice Niral R Mehta that the petitioner would once again approach the Passport Authority under Section...