Gujarat High Court
Student Provisionally Permitted To Appear In Board Exams Despite Low Attendance Seeks Gujarat High Court's Intervention To Sit For Supplementary Exam
Following directives from the Gujarat High Court, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) disclosed the results of a Class 10 student from Gandhinagar's Delhi Public School on Tuesday who was permitted to sit for the Board exams on the court's order despite being initially deemed ineligible due to insufficient attendance. The result had been placed in a sealed cover earlier.The court...
Stamp Authorities Cannot Levy Duty Twice On The Same Sale Consideration For Transfer Of An Immovable Property: Gujarat High Court
In a significant legal decision regarding the imposition of stamp duty on property transactions, the Gujarat High Court has ruled that Stamp Authorities cannot levy Stamp Duty twice on the same sale consideration for transfer of an immovable property, when sale consideration was paid at the stage of execution of the Agreement to Sell and the Stamp Duty was paid on the entire sale consideration...
Termination Of Services Without Prior Notice Violates Principles Of Natural Justice, Gujarat High Court Directs Forest & Environment Department To Reinstate Workmen
The Gujarat High Court single-judge bench of Justice Hemant M. Prachchhak held that the termination of services of Workmen without issuing any prior notice violates the principles of natural justice. It was noted that the Forest and Environment Department (Gujarat) illegally terminated the services of its Workmen, to deprive them of benefits under the Government Resolution dated October...
Gujarat High Court Weekly Roundup: May 6 - May 12, 2024
Nominal Index [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 60-65]Executive Engineer - Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Ltd Versus Patel Rasikbhai Rangabhai & Anr. 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 60 Kiranbhai Harkishandas Patel Alias Kiranbhai Harkishandas Bhandari vs M/S Meet Chetans Private Limited 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 61 Naran Devashi Meheshwari & Anr. Versus State Of Gujarat & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 62...
'Utterly Failed In Discharge Of His Duty': Gujarat High Court Criticises GNLU Director For Silence On Varsity's Stand In Campus Harassment Case
The Gujarat High Court has expressed displeasure at the director of Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) for his silence regarding the university's stance in court proceedings related to alleged harassment and sexual abuse on campus.The Court disposed of the suo motu PIL on 1st May after accepting GNLU registrar's apology and assurance by the university to improve administration. However,...
The Labour Court Must Give The Employer An Opportunity To Be Heard Before Concluding The Enquiry : Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court division bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav and Justice Pranav Trivedi held that if the inquiry conducted by the employer was found illegal or violative of principles of natural justice, the Labour Court is legally obligated to provide an opportunity of hearing to the employer before deciding the matter. The bench concluded that both the Single Judge bench and the...
Gujarat High Court Upholds Constitutional Validity Of Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020 Which Prescribes Minimum 10 Yrs Jail
In a significant verdict, the Gujarat High Court today upheld the constitutional validity of the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020, along with its allied rules. The Act is yet to receive Presidential assent.The ruling came from a bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Aniruddha P Mayee, who pronounced judgement on a batch of over 150 petitions challenging...
GNLU Registrar Issues Unconditional Apology To Gujarat High Court For Denying Allegations Of Sexual Harassment At University
While concluding a significant chapter in the ongoing saga surrounding alleged incidents of sexual harassment and queerphobia at the Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), the Gujarat High Court last week disposed of the suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) pertaining to rape allegations by a second-year law student against her batchmate. The division bench comprising Chief Justice...
RTI Activist's Murder| 'Case Will Be Reminisced As An Antithesis To 'Satyamev Jayate': Gujarat HC Acquits Ex-BJP MP, 6 Others
The Gujarat High Court today pronounced judgment acquitting a former BJP Member of Parliament Dinu Solanki and six others in the high-profile case of the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa (in Jully 2010). While doing so, a bench of Justice AS Supehia and Justice Vimal K Vyas sternly observed that the investigation in the case, right from its inception, appeared to be an...
Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 29 - May 5, 2024
Nominal Index [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 53-60 ]Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board v. Man Industries (India) Ltd 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 53MOHAMAD IMRAN SHAIKH Versus STATE OF GUJARAT 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 54Director General R.P.F & Ors. Versus Diwan Singh, Bvp (Workshop) 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 55Jetpur Navagadh Municipality Versus Pathan Yunuskhan Jamyalkhan 2024 LiveLaw (Guj)...
Period Prior To Regularisation Date Should be Factored Into Calculation Of Pension And Other Retirement Benefits: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court single bench of Justice Nikhil S. Kariel held that the period prior to the date of regularisation, wherein the Workman met the requirement of working 240 days, must be factored into the calculation of pension and other retirement benefits.Brief Facts:The period of service rendered by the Petitioner's husband (“Deceased Workman”) before his regularization under...
Workman's Voluntary Refusal To Work In Reassigned Department After Departmental Transfer Doesn't Amount To Termination Of Service: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court single bench of Justice Mauna M. Bhatt held that a workman's refusal to work in a reassigned department after a departmental transfer does not constitute 'termination' by the Management if the provisions of such transfers were included in the Workman's appointment letters. Brief Facts: The Petitioner (“Workman”) was employed as a Machine Operator in...