Gujarat High Court Grants Ad-Interim Bail To Film Director Rajkumar Santoshi In Cheque Bouncing Case

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (December 2) granted ad-interim bail to noted film director, screenwriter and producer Rajkumar Santoshi who has been booked in connection with a cheque bouncing case under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act (NI Act).After hearing the arguments Justice MR Mengdey in his order dictated, “Issue notice returnable on February 13. Learned advocate...

Providing "Ambiguous Reasons" Akin To Non-Speaking Order: Gujarat HC Sets Aside Revenue Tribunal's Order Condoning 22-Yrs Delay By State

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (November 25) quashed and set aside the order of the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal that condoned the delay of approximately 22 years and 8 months in challenging an order issued by the Deputy Collector. In doing so the court noted that the reasons provided by the Tribunal were unsustainable and its order was akin to a non speaking order. The case centred on the...

CID Crime Which Probes Serious Offences Has Been Lodging FIRs In Cases Of Civil Nature 'For Reasons Best Known' To Its DGP: Gujarat HC

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (November 27) said that it had come across many matters where for reasons best known to its Direct General of Police, the CID Crime–a specialized unit focussed on preventing/investigating serious offences–has been in "recent times" registering FIRs related to civil disputes, particularly those involving financial transactions or property matters.In doing...

Can Draw Analogy From Motor Vehicles Act To Calculate Compensation To Victims Of Vadodara Boat Capsize Incident: Gujarat High Court

While hearing a plea concerning the January 18 Harni Lake boat capsize incident in Vadodara, the Gujarat High Court on Friday (November 29) said that the compensation to the victims and their kin can be computed by drawing analogy from the principles enshrined under the Motor Vehicles Act. During the hearing a division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi noted...

'Don't Misuse Power, Harass People; Show Your Bravery Against Illegal Liquor, Smuggling': Gujarat HC Orally Raps Cop Accused Of Extortion

In a strong admonishment, the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday rapped a Gujarat Police Inspector in the courtroom for allegedly misusing his position to extort money from an individual. A bench of Justice Sandeep N. Bhatt orally reprimanded the Police officer concerned by stating that instead of harassing people and misusing power, the cop should rather focus on tackling...

Reservation For Persons With Disabilities: Gujarat High Court Says State Will Endeavour To Notify Vacancies Within 1-Year Period

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (November 22) said that all endeavours shall be made by the concerned State government departments to notify the vacancies to the recruiting agencies within the time period provided in its Circular in compliance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act which mandates a 4% reservation for persons with benchmark disabilities (PWDs). The court...

'Mitti Cafe' Now At Gujarat High Court, Chief Justice Emphasizes On Institutional Commitment To Inclusivity And Empowerment At Inaugration

Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal on Monday (November 25) inaugurated 'Mitti Cafe' on the High Court premises.The Mitti Cafe, a unique project, aimed at fostering inclusivity by empowering individuals with physical or intellectual disabilities, is operated entirely by specially-abled staff, providing them with employment opportunities after specialized training in managing a...

Bhagavad Gita's Teachings Fundamentally Moral, Not Religious: Gujarat HC Remarks Orally In PIL Against Inclusion Of Teachings In Schools

While hearing a plea challenging the state government's resolution to include the teachings from Bhagavad Gita to be taught in schools, the Gujarat High Court on Thursday (November 21) orally said that the teachings from Bhagavad Gita are fundamentally moral and cultural and not religious. As the counsel for the petitioners' contended that the National Education Policy says that principles of...

Parties In Appeal Not Entitled To Produce Additional Evidence As A Matter Of Right, Only Permitted In Exceptional Circumstances: Gujarat HC

The Gujarat High Court recently observed that in appeal, additional evidence cannot be produced as a matter of right but only in exceptional circumstances, such as when evidence was wrongly excluded by the civil court or was genuinely unavailable to be produced despite due diligence. In doing so, the court emphasized that inadvertence of the party or his inability to understand the legal...

Easing Educational Qualification To Prioritise Experience Can't Be Stretched To Dilute Criteria, State's Approach Anathema To Law: Gujarat HC

Striking down the appointment of a District Commandant, Home Guard (Class-I), in Narmada District, the Gujarat High Court observed that the appointee lacked the requisite educational qualifications.In doing so the court said that the approach of the State in relaxing the educational qualification by giving primacy to the experience, stretching it to an extent that the criteria gets diluted, is...

Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: October 2024 [Citations 144-163]

Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 144 to 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 163Nominal Index Pareshbhai Ramanlal Shah v. State of Gujarat and Batch, 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 144I C Mahida – M.D. of Surat District Co-op Bank Ltd v. State of Gujarat & Ors, 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 145X v. State of Gujarat, 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 146New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Ramrul @ MunnaLokane Mina & Ors, 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 147X v....

Draft Amendments Made In Body Of Writ Petition Regarding Factual Assertions To Be Accompanied By Application And Affidavit: Gujarat HC

Observing that draft amendments with respect to factual assertions in the body of a writ petition are to made by moving an appropriate application with affidavit, the Gujarat High Court recently rejected the draft amendments sans application made in a matter which had been accepted by the court's Registry. In doing so the court emphasized the necessity of adhering to the procedure...