Gujarat High Court
'Pitiable Condition' Of NH-8: Gujarat High Court Seeks NHAI Response On Repairs, Amount Spent On Maintenance & Toll Collected
The Gujarat High Court has asked the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to file an affidavit informing about repair works conducted in the last 3 years on a section of NH-8 as well as the amount spent for maintenance of these sections along with the toll amount collected for the time period. The court was hearing a PIL highlighting mismanagement of a section of the...
Article 311(2)(a) | No Prior Hearing Needed For Cop's Dismissal After Corruption Conviction: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has upheld the dismissal of a police constable after conviction in corruption case, observing that disciplinary authority can decide on the delinquent's conduct and award punishment without affording an opportunity of hearing due to exclusionary affect of second proviso to Article 311(2)(a) of Constitution. Justice Maulik J Shelat referred to Supreme Court's...
Gujarat High Court Upholds Order Directing Minority School To Issue Fresh Show-Cause Notice To Teacher Dismissed By Unauthorised Person
The Gujarat High Court upheld a tribunal's order directing a minority school to issue a fresh show-cause notice to a teacher–dismissed for misconduct, before directing punishment, noting that the dismissal order was passed by a person who was not properly authorized by school management as per Gujarat Secondary Education Act. Justice Maulik J Shelat in his order observed that the...
Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 16 - March 22, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 88 to 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 97Nominal IndexParvez Yunusbhai Shaikh & Ors. v/s State of Gujarat & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 88Brahmane Manisha Sadanandbhai & Ors. v/s Union of India 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 89X v/s State of Gujarat & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 90X v/s Y 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 91Pradeepsinh Chandrasinh Solanki & Anr. v/s Board of Control for...
'Appears To Be Eyewash': Gujarat High Court On State Public Service Commission's Affidavit Over Arthashastra Question Row
The Gujarat High Court on Friday (March 20) said that State Public Service Commission's affidavit with respect to source of the question on Kautilya's Arthashastra posed in its recruitment exam last year, appeared to be an eyewash as it did not disclose whether the pdf version of the book relied upon by GPSC was authenticated or not. The court further directed the Gujarat Public...
Gujarat High Court Upholds Man's Discharge In Adultery Case Citing SC Judgment Striking Down S.497 IPC As Unconstitutional
The Gujarat High Court has upheld an order discharging a man accused of committing adultery with another's wife in view of Supreme Court's 2018 judgment where Section 497 IPC was struck down as unconstitutional. Prior to being struck down as unconstitutional in Joseph Shine v Union of India (2018), Section 497 stated that whoever has sexual intercourse with a woman who is wife of another...
Wife Earning Income Can't Be Sole Criteria To Deny Maintenance From Husband: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has recently said that merely because a woman is earning an income cannot be the sole criteria to reject her claim for maintenance from her husband. Justice Hasmukh D Suthar in his order noted,"Having heard the learned advocates for the respective parties and considering the contents of the application as well as the conclusions of the learned Family Court, it is evident...
Mere Delay Can't Defeat Claim Of Disabled Candidate, Legislative Policy Favors Inclusion: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court granted relief to a physically handicapped candidate denied appointment by Centre as a Postal Sorting Assistant on the ground that he had not passed 10+2 with compulsory English and had approached CAT for relief as a "fence sitter" only after similarly situated applicants had succeeded. In doing so the court took "judicial notice" of the legislative policy that people...
Father Taking Child Away From Mother Despite Foreign Court Order Amounts To Unlawful Custody: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court directed a father to hand over custody of his child to the mother, after finding that he had brought the child to India unlawfully by removing him from his mother's custody granted to her by a Canadian court where the father had participated.In doing so the court observed that forcing the child to stay away from the mother who is based in Canada would be traumatic....
Contributory Negligence | Vehicle Suffering Higher Damage In Accident Doesn't Mean Its Driver Was Speeding: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has said that merely because a motorcycle suffers damage at "higher scale" in an accident would not mean that the motorcyclist was travelling at a higher speed. The court made the observation while hearing an appeal moved by the deceased's kin challenging an order which held there was 20% contributory negligence attributable to the deceased. Justice JL Odedra in his...
Baroda Cricket Association Elections: High Court Slams Electoral Officer For Ignoring Objections To Nomination, Disqualifies 4 Candidates
The Gujarat High Court set aside the candidature of four persons from contesting elections to the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) after noting that they had completed cumulative term of 9 years as Councillor or Office Bearer. It said that for determining disqualification, the entire period served either as an “Office Bearer” or as a member of the Apex Council in the capacity of...
Family Court Empowered To Consider Muslim Couple's Plea For Declaration Of Mutual Divorce By 'Mubarat': Gujarat High Court Reaffirms
The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that a family court is competent and empowered to consider application for dissolution of marriage based on divorce by mutual consent which is also known as Mubarat agreement executed between Muslim couple.A division bench of Justice AY Kogje and Justice Nisha M Thakore referred to the high court's decision in Asif Daudbhai Karva & Anr. Versus None...