Yatin Oza Objects To New 'Undertaking' Rule For Gujarat High Court Senior Designation In Letter To GHCAA

Senior advocate and former GHCAA president, Yatin Oza, has written to Brijesh Trivedi, President of the Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association (GHCAA), raising his strong objections to a new Rule in the recently published High Court of Gujarat (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2025. Oza has taken exception to Rule 5 ('Undertaking') of the 2025 rules, which requires a...

Gujarat High Court Rejects PIL By Rajkot Resident Claiming Illegal Construction Of Multiplex Cinema Hall In Porbandar

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (September 19) dismissed a PIL moved by a resident of Rajkot claiming illegal construction of Multiplex Cinema Hall in Porbandar district, after noting that the litigant had not been able to establish his credentials.The court further noted that there was no material in the plea, other than newspaper reports, to show how the petitioner found that the...

Surat Rape Case: Gujarat High Court Grants Narayan Sai 5-Day Temporary Bail To Meet Ailing Mother

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (September 18) granted five-day temporary bail to Narayan Sai–convicted and sentenced to life by sessions court in 2019 in a rape case– to meet his "ailing" mother.A division bench of Justice Ilesh J Vora and Justice PM Raval in its order said:"Having regard to the peculiar facts and circumstances and grounds urged in the application and having regard...

'Will Pass Order': Gujarat High Court On Narayan Sai's Plea For Temporary Bail In Rape Case To Meet Ailing Mother

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (September 18) orally indicated that it shall pass an order on a plea filed by Narayan Sai– convicted and sentenced to life by sessions court in 2019 in a rape case– seeking temporary bail to meet his "ailing" mother.Sai's counsel argued before a division bench of Justice Ilesh Vora and Justice PM Raval that the applicant's mother was unwell adding that...

'Vicitmization': Gujarat High Court Upholds Order Reinstating Bank Employee Compulsorily Retired For 'Heated Exchange' With Colleague

The Gujarat High Court upheld the reinstatement of services of an employee of Bank of India who was compulsorily retired in 2002, holding that the bank had failed to establish charges of misconduct and assault against him and that the penalty amounted to victimization and unfair labour practice. The Court held that the case against the employee suffered from an absence of substantial evidence,...

Gujarat High Court Stays IBBI Disciplinary Committee's Order Suspending Resolution Professional For 6 Months

The Gujarat High Court last week stayed an order issued by Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) which had suspended the registration of an insolvency resolution professional for six months pursuant to disciplinary proceedings. The court passed the order after the petitioner questioned the procedure by which the disciplinary proceedings were conducted. Justice Mauna M Bhatt...

Writ Court Interfering With Every Procedural Order In Arbitral Proceedings Is Contrary To Aim Of A&C Act: Gujarat HC

The Gujarat High Court while dismissing a writ petition filed under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution observed that the Writ Court can exercise their power only in cases where the only if the order in questions is “completely perverse”, or the order in questions is crippled with “bad faith” or the order in questions falls in the category of “rarest of rare...

Gujarat High Court Asks Authority To Decide Africa-Born Woman's Plea For Issuance Of Passport Claiming Indian Citizenship By Descent

The Gujarat High Court has asked the Passport Authority to decide a woman's plea for issuance of passport who though was born in Africa, but has sought relief on the ground of being Indian citizen by descent under Citizenship Act. During the hearing, the petitioner's counsel submitted before Justice Niral R Mehta that the petitioner would once again approach the Passport Authority under Section...

Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest : August 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 120 to 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 138NOMINAL INDEXMahesh Langa v/s State of Gujarat & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 120Rajubhai Dalsinghbhai Ninama v/s State of Gujarat & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 121Sahdev Ranchodbhai Brahman v/s State of Gujarat & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 122Rathod Nareshbhai Mansukhbhai & Ors. v/s State of Gujarat & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (Guj)...

Gujarat High Court Asks Litigant Challenging 'Jolly LLB 3' Movie Teaser To Peruse Allahabad HC Order Dismissing Similar Plea

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (September 11) asked a litigant challenging the teaser of the upcoming movie 'Jolly LLB 3' to go through the order of the Allahabad High Court–which dismissed a plea for restraining the release of the movie, and thereafter take a call with respect to his plea. The film starring actors Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi is scheduled for release on...

Yusuf Pathan Encroached On Govt Land, No Allotment Order Was Issued By Vadodara Municipality: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court recently upheld an order directing Vadodara Municipal Corporation to take steps to remove encroachment of a plot by former cricketer and TMC MP Yusuf Pathan. In doing so the court held that "long possession" of the plot by Pathan, without paying consideration, would not give him any rights over the land adding that it cannot perpetuate such an illegality. Finding Pathan...

10K Steel Bottles Given In Exchange For 1 Lakh Plastic Ones: GPCB Tells Gujarat High Court On Steps To Tackle Waste During Ambaji Pilgrimage

The Gujarat Pollution Control Board informed the High Court on Friday (September 12) that it had distributed 10,000 re-usable steel bottles in exchange for over 1 Lakh used plastic bottles as a step to tackle and manage waste during the Ambaji Padyatra. The padyatra is a religious pilgrimage taken by devotees to the Ambaji Temple in Banaskantha.Previously the court had asked eight...