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Highest Ever Death Penalties Confirmed By A High Court : Read Reasons In 2008 Ahmedabad Blast Verdict

While confirming the death penalty imposed on 38 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case—the highest number of death sentences confirmed by a High Court in a single judgment—the Gujarat High Court held that the convicts had shown “no remorse” for their actions and displayed “scant regard for the rule of law.”Bombs went off in Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008, at various...

Relative Allowed To Stay Gratuitously In House Cant Claim Tenancy Rights After Expiry Of Licence: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court dismissed a man's claim for possession over his relative's property despite expiry of 2-year license agreement, observing that the owner had permitted the defendant to stay at his premises gratuitously for a limited period and out of their relationship which cannot be used to claim tenancy rights. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 194]Justice JC Doshi noted that the defendant was in...

Govt Employees Cant Claim Right To Purchase Official Quarters Allotted During Service: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that government employees cannot claim a right or insist that the official quarters allotted to them during service should be sold to them post retirement, adding that unauthorized occupation of Government quarters amounts to unlawful deprivation of scarce public resources. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 193]In doing so the court dismissed an appeal preferred by the...

Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Assault Accused After Sessions Court Declined To Decide Plea On Merits Amid Alleged Influence By HC Staff

The Gujarat High Court granted to bail to two accused booked in an assault case, after noting that the sessions court had without going into merits rejected their bail plea amid allegations of attempt by certain members of high court staff to influence the proceedings. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 192]Justice Hasmukh D Suthar noted that the FIR was registered against the applicants...

Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Law Student Accused Of Facilitating Cricket Betting Syndicate, Finds No Money Trail

The Gujarat High Court granted bail to a law student booked in a cheating FIR, involving various allegations including opening of bank accounts in the name of fictitious firms and transferring money received from cricket betting. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 191]The applicant was arrested in an FIR lodged under BNS Sections 318(4)(cheating), 336(4)(forgery), 338(Forgery of valuable security, will,...

Gujarat High Court Establishes Statistical And Data Analysis Unit To Enable Data-Driven Judicial Administration

The High Court of Gujarat has established a dedicated Statistical and Data Analysis Unit aimed at strengthening data-driven judicial administration. The permanent in-house unit has been created to transform judicial data from the High Court and the District Judiciary into proactive foresight, enabling the administration to identify systematic bottlenecks instead of merely recording...

S.14 HMA | Family Court Cant Discuss Merits Of Premature Suit For Divorce Filed Within One Year Of Marriage: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that where a suit for divorce is premature, having been presented within 1 year of marriage which is barred under Section 14 Hindu Marriage Court, the family court cannot decide the issue on merits and can only either return the plaint or dismiss it reserving the parties' right to file afresh. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 190]The husband had filed an appeal before the...

Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Man Booked For Extorting Complainant With AI-Generated Defamatory Videos

The Gujarat High Court has granted bail to a man booked for extorting the complainant by threatening of creating defamatory videos against him using Artificial Intelligence. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 189]It was alleged that the applicant and the co-accused persons entered into a criminal conspiracy, collected confidential information relating to the complainant and the witness, and by using...

2008 Ahmedabad Serial Blasts: Gujarat High Court Upholds Death Sentence For 38, Life Imprisonment For 11 Convicts

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (July 7) upheld a 2022 Special Court order awarding death sentence to 38 and life imprisonment to 11 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad Serial Blast Case, which claimed 56 lives, PTI reported.A detailed copy of the order is awaited. The high court had in 2022 issued notice on the State's plea to confirm their death sentence. The special court had in 2022 sentenced...

No Evidence Of Aluminium Foil On Kaju Katli Being Harmful: Gujarat High Court Upholds Sweet Shop Owners Acquittal For Adulteration

The Gujarat High Court has upheld the acquittal of sweet shop owners accused of food adulteration, after noting that in absence of any evidence that aluminium foil coating on Kaju Katli sample was injurious to health, the mere use of such foil for coating the sweet would not make it adulterated. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 187]Justice Hemant M Prachchhak said that the findings recorded by the trial...

Sessions Court Prima Facie Exceeded Bail Jurisdiction By Directing Executive Action On Alleged Land Grabbing, Mob Violence: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has summoned the Law Officers branch, observing that the sessions court had "prima facie exceeded its jurisdiction" under S.483 BNSS which relates to bail, by referring its order to various state authorities for implementation of Supreme Court's directions in mob lynching cases. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 186]Notably the sessions court had denied bail to three accused...