Gujarat High Court
Animal Cruelty | Gujarat High Court Asks State To Explain Inaction Over Proposed Amendment To Ban Rat Glue Traps
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (March 18) directed the State home department's Principal Secretary to file a personal affidavit explaining inaction for over 7.5 months regarding proposed amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act prohibiting 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...
Gujarat High Court Laments 'Stereotyped Orders' By Registrar Refusing To Make Changes To Birth Certificates
The Gujarat High Court has directed the State Government to take appropriate steps to ensure that court orders on power of the Registrar to make changes to entries in the register of births and deaths are brought to the notice of the competent authorities. This, after the court lamented that even though there were a "plethora of judgments" setting aside orders where the Competent Authority...
Surat Rape Case | 'Contradictions In Victim's Testimony': Narayan Sai Tells Gujarat High Court In Bail Plea
While arguing his bail plea filed in his appeal challenging his 2019 rape conviction and life sentence, Narayan Sai told the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (March 17) that there were several contradictions, revisions and improvements in the testimony of the prosecutrix which had not been looked at by the trial court. Victim had chance to report but did notA division bench of Justice Ilesh J...
Person Entitled To Compensation Who Suffers Injuries Or Death Anywhere Within Precincts Of Railway Station: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has observed that if a person is in the waiting hall, clock room, reservation or booking office, or on a platform or any other place within the precincts of a railway station and receives injuries or suffers death, the Railways would be liable to pay compensation.In doing so the court emphasized that Section 123(c) (untoward incident) is a beneficial provision and...
"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...