Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 18- May 24, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 157 - 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 162Nominal IndexAnilKumar Chimanlal Dixit & Ors. v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 157Himanshu Parsottambhai Parmar v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 158Upendra Kumar Jaypalsinh v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 159Kunal Rameshbhai Kalyani v/s State of Gujarat & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 160Ajay Jagdishbhai Pordiya v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 161Gopiben Bhagvanbhai Patel & Ors. v/s State of Gujarat & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 162Death Of 11 Girls After Staircase Collapsed In Hostel: Gujarat High Court Discharges Engineers Of Culpable Homicide, Adds Negligence ChargeCase title: AnilKumar Chimanlal Dixit & Ors. v/s State of Gujarat R/CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION (AGAINST ORDER PASSED BY SUBORDINATE COURT) NO. 381 of 2019Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 157The Gujarat High Court discharged four engineers of culpable homicide booked for death of 11 girls who died after a staircase collapsed in the government girls hostel in 2007, noting that there was no intention or knowledge on their part to invoke Section 304IPC.The court however charged the accused persons for causing death by negligence under IPC Section 304A noting that the probe revealed that the accused did not take due care in maintaining standard of construction work at the relevant point of time.For context, Section 304A pertains to causing death by negligence, and states that whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide is punished under this provision.RTI Applicant Cannot Insist On Original Documents Once Accessible Records Are Supplied By CPIO: Gujarat High CourtCase title: Himanshu Parsottambhai Parmar v/s State of Gujarat R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 15120 of 2025Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 158The Gujarat High Court dismissed an RTI applicant's plea seeking information concerning teaching posts at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, observing that he had been supplied copies of the documents and his insistence on being supplied original documents is not within the purview of the CPIO.Justice Hemant M Prachchhak in his order noted:"This Court has considered the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions and perused the material placed on record. On perusal of the affidavit-in-reply, the respondent – authority has clarified that the information which was sought for by the petitioner was supplied, as per the order passed by the Commission. It is also observed by the authorities that the petitioner was in habit of making an application under the provisions of the RTI Act and as many as more than 25 applications have been filed one after another...In view of the above, the information is required to be provided under the RTI Act includes various records, documents, circulars etc. which can be accessed by the Public Authority under any other law for the time being in force. Thus, the responsibility of the CPIO is discharged under the RTI Act upon providing all such information and documents that may be accessible to him. Meaning thereby that the document which is accessible to the respondents, they have already supplied the copy thereof to the petitioner, but the insistence of the petitioner that the original document is to be supplied is not purview of the CPIO – respondent No.1 and, therefore, the contention raised by the party-in-person is not tenable in the eyes of law and, therefore, the petition being meritless deserves to be dismissed".'Involves Larger Public Interest': Gujarat High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Weapons Clerk Accused Of Issuing Bogus Arms LicensesCase title: Upendra Kumar Jaypalsinh v/s State of Gujarat R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL) NO. 11058 of 2026Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 159The Gujarat High Court denied anticipatory bail to a weapons clerk working in Uttar Pradesh government department in Etah, accused of forging arms licenses along with co-accused by allegedly misusing Government of India's NDAL-ALIS portal and receiving over Rs.98 Lakh as cash in such illegal transaction.NDAL-ALIS stands for National Database of Arms Licenses-Arms License Issuance System which is developed by the Ministry of Home Affairs to facilitate entrepreneurs and industries applying for licenses related to manufacture of arms and ammunition.The court was hearing the clerk's anticipatory bail plea in a case pertaining to alleged bogus arms licences issued during 2019 to 2022. The prosecution had alleged that such forged arms licences were used on a large scale for possessing arms, revolvers, pistols and live cartridges.S.69 BNS | Refusal To Marry Citing Mother's Disapproval Prima Facie Smacks Of Mala Fides: Gujarat High Court Refuses To Quash FIRCase title: Kunal Rameshbhai Kalyani v/s State of Gujarat & Anr.R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR QUASHING & SET ASIDE FIR/ORDER) NO. 7256 of 2026Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 160The Gujarat High Court refused to...

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