Gujarat High Court Upholds Compensation For Electrocution Death While Repairing TV Antenna, Says Electricity Board Strictly Liable

The Gujarat High Court upheld a trial court order granting compensation of Rs. 3 Lakh to the family of a man who was electrocuted while assisting his brother in repairing a television antenna on the terrace of a flat, after the antenna came into contact with an electric wire above it. In doing so the court applied the principle of strict and absolute liability and directed the trial court...

Disproportionate Assets: Gujarat High Court Upholds Conviction Of Judicial Officer Whose Wife Received ₹7 Lakh 'Gift' From Non-Relative

The Gujarat High Court upheld a trial court order convicting a judicial officer in a disproportionate assets case, after noting the officer could not prove that his wife was legally entitled to receive a gift from a person who was not his wife's blood relation or family member. It was alleged that the appellant while serving as Civil Judge (J.D.) and Judicial Magistrate, First Class at...

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 13 - April 19, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 114 - 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 124Nominal IndexDhruti Vinubhai Dodiya v/s State of Gujarat & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 114Sanjaybhai Mangalbhai Gadhavi v/s State Election Commission & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 115Joshi Umang Vijaykumar v/s Union of India & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 116 Manishkumar Shivlal Chuahan v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj)...

Prima Facie Police Can't Institute Prosecution For Alleged Forced Religious Conversion Without Prior Sanction From DM: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court granted bail to a man accused of inducing the complainant to convert to his religion, after "prima facie" noting that mandate of prior sanction to initiate prosecution under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act had not been followed. For context, Section 6 of the Act states that "no prosecution for an offence under this Act shall be instituted except by or with the...

Gujarat High Court Seeks Response From Meta, Google, X, Reddit & Scribd On PIL Over Deepfake, AI Content; Asks Them To Onboard SAHYOG Portal

The Gujarat High Court has sought responses from social media intermediaries Meta, Google, X, Reddit and Scribd over a PIL raising concerns about the “sharp and alarming rise” in deepfake and AI-generated content circulating on digital and social media platforms. The court while issuing notice to the intermediaries asked them to also respond to affidavits filed by the State and...

'Profession Can't Be Tarnished': Gujarat High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Law Student Accused Of Posing As Advocate

The Gujarat High Court refused to grant anticipatory bail to a woman law student–presently in the third year of LL.B. course, who was booked for posing as an advocate in a case containing allegations of swindling Rs.80,00,000 by various accused persons.The State had alleged that not only was an identity card issued by Bar Council of Gujarat in her name was recovered, a name plate presenting...

'Tactic To Delay Trial': Gujarat High Court Rejects Rape Accused's Objection To 'Leading' Question Put To Victim

The Gujarat High Court upheld a trial court order which dismissed a rape accused's objection to a question posed by the prosecution to the victim during trial, claiming it was a leading question. In doing so the court found that the question was not a leading question after noting that the victim's answer could have been anything. It further agreed with the State's submission that the...

Child-Trafficking: Gujarat High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of 'Promising To Sell' Kidnapped Infant For ₹1.5 Lakh

The Gujarat High Court denied bail to a man booked in a child-kidnapping and trafficking case, who was accused of promising the abductors of selling the child for Rs. 1,50,000 and had also facilitated the travel of the abductors along with the child to Aurangabad. In doing so the court found that the "role" of the petitioner in the offence was "prima facie very clear". The petitioner was...

Heart Attack At Workplace Not Automatically 'Employment Injury', Must Show Nexus With Death: Gujarat High Court Denies Benefit Under ESI Act

Quashing a compensation order in favour of the kin of a mechanic who died of a heart attack at work, the Gujarat High Court said that heart attack may not automatically amount to an employment injury under ESI Act unless nexus is proved between the employee's death and the injury which must arise "out of and during" the course of employment. Referring to Section 2(8) Employees' State...

27 Years On, Gujarat High Court Upholds Acquittal In NDPS Case; Says Prosecution Case "Utterly Flawed" Despite Commercial Quantity Drugs

The Gujarat High Court upheld trial court's 1999 order acquitting three persons in an NDPS case, remarking that despite alleged involvement of commercial quantity of drugs the prosecution's case was so utterly flawed that it raised serious doubt on the nature of investigation conducted. In doing so the court said that neither the owner of the premises from where the contraband was...

Gujarat High Court Quashes Man's Death Penalty In Double-Murder Case, Says Trial Court Verdict Based On Conjectures

The Gujarat High Court set aside death penalty awarded to a man convicted in a double-murder case, after observing that the prosecution had failed to prove the circumstances with "clinching evidence" and the trial court had delivered a guilty verdict based on surmises and conjectures disregarding law.The accused was convicted by the trial court for the murder of a woman's husband and...

Gujarat High Court Denies Bail To College Professor Accused Of Seeking Sexual Favours From Student, Cites Incriminating Chats

The Gujarat High Court denied bail to a college professor accused of sexually harassing, sending inappropriate messages on WhatsApp and making inappropriate sexual demands from his student.Justice Nikhil S Kariel in his order referred to documents on record as well as the charge-sheet papers including the statement of the victim under Section 183 of the BNSS and said that the court was...