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S. 153C Income Tax Act | Public Info, Unrelated Data Seized From Searched Person Not Enough To Issue Show Cause Notice: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has observed that information available in public domain or any unrelated information seized from the searched person without a connection to the assessee is not enough to be the basis of issuing a show cause notice under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act. The court was hearing a plea challenging notice dated 13.10.2021 by the Assessing Officer (AO) for the...
No Construction Allowed On Water Body: Gujarat High Court Rejects Appeal Against Eviction Notice Over Encroachment Of Lake
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (December 2) dismissed an appeal challenging a single judge's order which had rejection a plea against eviction notices issued to certain residents asking them to vacate a property over encroachment of Isanpur lake in Ahmedabad. The court noted that the notice issued by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) categorically recorded that the appellants...
Surat CA Association Moves Gujarat High Court, Flagging Technical Glitches In Income Tax E-filing Portal
The Chartered Accountants Association of Surat have filed a petition before the Gujarat High Court highlighting non-operation and technical glitches in the Income Tax E-filing Portal. The petitioner has contended that since September the portal has experienced repeated outages wherein users have faced login failures, error codes, and stalled processing. The disruption is stated to have...
Uniform Civil Code: Gujarat High Court Rejects Appeal Challenging State UCC Panel; Says No Judicial Review Of Executive Functions
The Gujarat High Court on Monday rejected an appeal filed against a single bench order dismissing challenge to a committee formed by the State to consider necessity of Uniform Civil Code. The division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice DN Ray said that scope of judicial review does not permit the court to enter into the prohibited arena of executive functions. For context,...
Gujarat High Court Issues Notice To Junagadh Municipality On Tenant's Plea For Alternative Premises After Demolition Of Paan Shop
The Gujarat High Court on Monday (December 01) issued notice to the Junagadh Municipal Corporation on a tenant's plea who has sought a decision on his representation before the corporation for allocation of an alternative premises, after his paan shop–given to him by a trust–was demolished. The petitioner had filed the plea challenging final show cause notice dated April 11, directing...
Gujarat High Court Says It Will Modify Condition Enforcing Police Escort During Asaram's Suspended Sentence
The Gujarat High Court on Monday (December 01) orally said that it "will modify" the condition of the presence of three police officials in Asaram's vicinity, during the 6-month period wherein his life sentence has been suspended in a rape case.For context, on November 6 the high court had granted six-month suspension of sentence to Asaram who is convicted in a 2013 rape case by a sessions...
Gujarat High Court Stays Probe Against Man In FIR Over Alleged Honour Killing Of 'Live-In' Partner
The Gujarat High Court in an interim order stayed a Tharad sessions court direction ordering probe against a man in a case concerning the alleged honour-killing of his "live-in" partner by her kin. Justice MR Mengdey in his order observed that from the record it appeared that the petitioner was the complainant in the FIR registered by Tharad Police Station wherein one of the co-accused in...
23 Yrs On, Gujarat High Court Finds Man Guilty Of Wife's Murder; Says Stereotype Of Community Men Having 'Inflated Ego' Can't Explain Killing
The Gujarat High Court set aside a 2002 trial court order convicting a man for culpable homicide not amounting to murder (IPC Section 304 part 1) in a case concerning the death of his wife. The high court instead convicted the accused for murder of his wife, observing that the trial court's reasoning on evidence–the involvement of accused, the nature of injuries inflicted and the...
MV Act | Gujarat High Court Awards ₹3 Lakh To Woman For 'Loss Of Matrimonial Prospects' After Accident Resulting In Leg Amputation
The Gujarat High Court recently awarded Rs. 3 Lakh to a woman for loss of matrimonial prospects, after a bus accident which resulted in the amputation of her left leg. The woman had moved the high court challenging a 2019 award of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Aux), seeking enhancement of compensation. The appellant was travelling in an AMTS bus on 05.01.2011, from Lal Darwaja to her...
Gujarat Restores NEET-PG Aspirant's Eligibility Who Filled Exam Form Incorrectly, Says Inadvertent Error Must Not Jeopardize Career
The Gujarat High Court granted relief to an MBBS student permitting him to participate in the NEET-PG exam, declared ineligible earlier as he had inadvertently filled up the incorrect average MBBS marks. The petitioner had scored 68.30% marks, which is the average of the three years of the MBBS course. However, while filling up the form for admission to NEET-PG, he had inadvertently mentioned...
Denying Daughter-In-Law To Accompany On Temple Visit Not Cruelty: Gujarat High Court Upholds In-Laws Acquittal In 498A IPC, Dowry Death Case
Upholding the acquittal of in-laws in a case of dowry death and cruelty, the Gujarat High Court observed that the refusal to permit daughter-in-law to accompany her in-laws to the temple would not amount to an offence under explanation (a) of Section 498A IPC and would also not amount to harassment for property under explanation (b). In the present case, the daughter-in-law had insisted...
Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: October 2025
Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 153 to 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 182NOMINAL INDEXHardik Bharatbhai Patel v/s State of Gujarat 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 153Mancha Masjid Through Trustee/Mutawalli v/s State of Gujarat & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 154Jayeshkumar Krishnakant Acharya v/s Hon'ble High Court of Gujarat & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj)155Mahadev Enterprise Through Pruthvi Sanjaybhai Solanki & Anr....