Gujarat High Court
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...
Gujarat High Court Reserves Verdict On Pleas Against Proposed Eviction For Road Widening Project As Part Of 2036 Olympic Bid Plan
The Gujarat government on Wednesday (May 28) opposed pleas before the High Court challenging orders directing occupants of certain plots to vacate and hand over possession to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in 7 days failing which their eviction is proposed under the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act.Notably it was argued by the State that it is widening the road near...
Gujarat High Court Grants Temporary Bail To Accused In 2023 Iskcon Bridge 'Hit-And-Run' Case To Attend Mother's Surgery
The Gujarat High Court has granted temporary bail of four days to a man booked causing an accident in 2023 at Iskon Bridge in Ahmedabad which claimed nine lives, on account of medical condition of his mother. The accused Tathya Patel had moved an application seeking temporary bail on account of surgery of his mother. The state opposed the application arguing that date of operation has been...
SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of New Chief Justices In Five High Courts
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Judge of the MP High Court ( parent HC : Delhi High Court), as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.Justice Vibhu Bakhru, Delhi High Court Judge, has been recommended as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.Also, Justice Ashutosh Kumar of Patna High Court has been recommended as...
Gujarat High Court Directs ₹25 Lakh Aid To Wife Of Deceased Fair Price Shop Employee Who Died During Covid-19 Duty
Five years since the death of a "weigh-man"–working in a government recognized fair price shop–due to Covid-19 while performing emergency duty of distributing essential commodities, the Gujarat High Court directed the state government to grant financial assistance of Rs 25 Lakh to the deceased's wife within six weeks. The court observed that the State government had "erred in rejecting...
Man Agrees In Gujarat High Court To 'Re-Marry' Wife As Per Customs In Her Native Place
In a peculiar case before the Gujarat High Court, a man seeking production of his wife stated to be detained by her parents, agreed to visit her native place and re-marry as her the customs there.The couple got married in the absence of their families and the woman's family–belonging to Rajasthan, were desirous of performing certain marriage rituals in their native place in the presence of...
Gujarat High Court Upholds 2023 Amendment Empowering Executive Magistrate To Inquire Into Delay In Registration Of Births & Deaths
The Gujarat High Court has upheld the validity of a 2023 amendment to Section 13 of Registration of Births and Death Act that transferred the authority to inquire into the delayed registration of birth and deaths beyond a year from Judicial Magistrate to Executive Magistrate or District Magistrate(DM).The court was hearing a plea challenging the amendment to Section 13 on the ground that it...
'Extremely Coercive': Gujarat High Court Upholds Denial Of Conjugal Rights To Wife After Noting She Attempted Suicide, Defamed Husband
The Gujarat High Court upheld decisions of the trial court and appellate court which denied restitution of conjugal rights to the wife, after noting that she had attempted to commit suicide which amounts to extreme coercive behaviour with an intention to emotionally manipulate and mentally distress the husband.The court further noted that the wife had also printed "defamatory posters"...
Whether Compensation Cess Is Leviable On Goods Supplied To Merchant Exporter: Gujarat High Court Asks GST Council To Decide
The Gujarat High Court has referred a matter to the GST Council to decide on whether the compensation cess is leviable on goods supplied to merchant exporter. The Division Bench of Justices Bhargav D. Karia and D.N. Ray observed that “……..no notification is issued by the Central Government or State Government under the Compensation Cess Act and therefore, the assessee...
Passport Authority Cannot Decide If Accused Has Right To Travel Abroad, Such Power Is Only Vested In Trial Court: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court recently observed that passport authorities do not have any authority to decide whether an accused has the right to travel abroad as such an authority is only vested with the Trail Court which may impose conditions, if accused moves a travel plea. In doing so, the Court directed the Passport Authority to renew the petitioner-accused's passport for a period of 10 years...