Gujarat High Court
Industrial Tribunal's Findings On Employee's Alleged Misconduct Without Taking On Record Inquiry Report Not Sustainable: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that an Industrial Tribunal, dealing with an employee's appeal challenging the disciplinary action taken by the Western Railways for an alleged misconduct, cannot delve into fairness of the procedure in the absence of inquiry officer's report.The Division Bench of Justice A.S. Supehia and Justice Gita Gopi was dealing with two appeals- one preferred by the...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of Three Advocates As Judges Of Gujarat High Court
The Central Government has notified the appointment of three advocates as Judges of the Gujarat High Court.The three advocates are:Sanjeev Jayendra Thaker,Deeptendra Narayan Ray andMaulik Jitendra ShelatA notification issued in this regard states:“In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint S/Shri (i)...
Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To BJP MLA's Son Booked Under Atrocities Act
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (October 3) granted regular bail to BJP MLA Geetaba Jadeja's son- Ganesh Jadeja, who is booked under the Atrocities Act, Arms Act and various provisions of the IPC for abducting and assaulting a member of the Scheduled Caste community.Ganesh was in custody since June 2024 on allegations of rioting, abduction, criminal intimidation and attempt to murder. He...
Father-In-Law Contributing To Husband's Growth To Help Save Daughter's Marriage Not Cruelty Sans Contrary Evidence: Gujarat High Court
Dismissing a man's plea for divorce due to alleged cruelty by his wife, the Gujarat High Court said that even if his father-in-law made efforts to support him for the sake of family's welfare then in the absence of any evidence, it would not amount to interference in the couple's family life for it to be termed as cruelty.The order was passed in the husband's appeal against a family court's...
Gujarat HC Rejects Insurer's Claim That 33 Year Old Accident Was Murder, Says Investigating Officer's Report To Magistrate Not 'Gospel Truth'
The Gujarat High Court dismissed an Insurance Company's plea against an order of the Motor Accident's Claims Tribunal which had awarded compensation to the kin of two persons who died in a road accident 33 years ago, rejecting the company's claim that it was a case of murder. In doing so, the Court questioned the reliance of the Insurance Company on a report sent by the concerned...
604 'Unauthorized Religious Structures' Removed From Public Places In 2 Months: Gujarat Govt To High Court
The Gujarat Government informed the High Court last week that over 600 "unauthorized religious structures" have been removed between July to September from public places like parks and streets. A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi in its October 1 order thereafter asked the government to place on record a "progress report" regarding the identification...
Prima Facie Appears To Be 'Consensual' : Gujarat High Court Grants Bail In Case Under Section 377 IPC
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (October 3) granted bail to a 22-year-old man booked in a Section 377 IPC FIR in a complaint moved by a 64-year-old man, while prima facie observing that the relationship appeared to be consensual. The order was passed in the man's plea seeking regular bail in an FIR registered under IPC Sections 377 (Unnatural Offences), 386 (Extortion by putting a person...
'Our Heads Hang In Shame': Gujarat HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Pregnant Villager's Death Who Couldn't Reach Ambulance Due To Lack Of Road
"Our heads hang in shame and we are faint that we had to read a press clipping on the birth date of Mahatma Gandhi as well as Lal Bahadur Shashtri," said the Gujarat High Court on Thursday (October 3) while taking suo motu cognizance of news reports indicating that a pregnant woman who, after being "carried on a cloth stretcher" as there was no road, died on her way to the ambulance...
Father Asaram Bapu Admitted In Jodhpur Hospital, Condition Not Stable: Son Narayan Sai To Gujarat High Court In Temporary Bail Plea
Narayan Sai– convicted by a sessions court in a rape case, urged the Gujarat High Court on Thursday (October 3) to grant him temporary bail in order to meet his father Asaram Bapu, stating that the latter has been admitted in a Jodhpur hospital and his "condition is not stable". After hearing the matter for some time, the court permitted the counsel for the petitioner–Narayan Sai, a...
Gujarat HC Declines 'Status Quo' In Plea Against Alleged Demolition Of Muslim Religious Structures, Residential Places In Gir Somnath
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (October 3) refused to grant status quo in respect of alleged demolition of Muslim places of worship including mosques and graves, which was carried out by the State authorities on September 28 in Gir Somnath.Issuing notice to the State on a plea filed by Auliya Auliya-e-Deen Committee–a Waqf, a single judge bench of Justice Sangeeta K Vishen while...
Streamlining Police Recruitment: Gujarat HC Directs DGP To Provide Timeline For Engagement Of 25,660 Sub-Inspectors, Constables By 2026
The Gujarat High Court last week directed the state's Director General of Police (DGP) to submit a detailed timeline for completing the recruitment of over 25,000 posts of Police Sub-Inspectors and Police Constables in two phases by September 2025 and September 2026. The direction was issued by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi while hearing a...
Merely Being Caretaker Of Society Doesn't Attract Vicarious Liability For Non-Deposit Of Provident Fund: Gujarat HC Quashes FIR
While quashing an FIR against three men who allegedly failed to deposit provident fund of the employees of a society, the Gujarat High Court said that merely because they were members of the society's custodian committee would not make them vicariously liable under the relevant law. To make the members of the society answerable or responsible for its administration, the complainant must show...