Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 201 - 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 205

Nominal Index

Nileshbhai Ramchhodbhai Parmar v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 201

Rajeshbhai Ashokbhai Gohel (Luhr) & Anr. v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 202

Mubarak Kasambhai Padarshi v/s State of Gujarat & Ors, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 203

Kaushalbhai Jagdishbhai Asodiya v/s State of Gujarat & Anr, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 204

Employees' Provident Fund Organization & Ors. v/s Ranjit Vasantlal Makwana, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 205

Judgments/Order

'Crime Executed In Calculated Manner': Gujarat High Court Denies Bail To Man Booked For Woman's Murder & Staging Her Death As Road Accident

Case title: Nileshbhai Ramchhodbhai Parmar v/s State of Gujarat

R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR REGULAR BAIL - AFTER CHARGESHEET) NO. 15219 of 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 201

The Gujarat High Court refused bail to a married man accused of murdering a woman with whom he was allegedly in a relationship and of subsequently attempting to portray her death as a road accident. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 201]

In doing so the court prima facie observed that the crime was executed in a calculated manner and there was an attempt to mislead the state machinery.

The prosecution alleged that the applicant, who is married, had developed an illicit relationship with the deceased. Apprehending that the deceased would become an impediment to his married life, the applicant caused her death.

Children Easy Targets, Lack Words To Explain Ordeal: Gujarat High Court Denies Probation To Convicts Who Molested Teenage Girls

Case title: Rajeshbhai Ashokbhai Gohel (Luhr) & Anr. v/s State of Gujarat

R/CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION (AGAINST CONVICTION) NO. 73 of 2019

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 202

The Gujarat High Court has upheld the conviction of two men for outraging the modesty of two teenage girls and rejected the accused's plea for probation observing, that perpetrators with such criminal mentality specifically target children because they can be easily intimidated. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 202]

The court also referred to the IO's report which said that on very few occasions would the victim's father support lodging an FIR, as it is felt that to report such incidents would bring "bad fame to girls and their family".

Muslim Family Can't Bury Deceased On Disputed Land When Community Graveyard Is Available: Gujarat High Court Denies Relief

Case title: Mubarak Kasambhai Padarshi v/s State of Gujarat & Ors

R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9156 of 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 203

The Gujarat High Court rejected a plea by Muslim residents of a village challenging a notice asking them to explain reasons for burying a body on a disputed land despite existence of a separate earmarked graveyard for the community. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 203]

Referring to a site inspection report of the disputed land showing graveyard for the Muslim community, the court said that when there was already a burial ground earmarked, then it was not open for the petitioners to buried the deceased person at the land in question.

The court was hearing a plea challenging a notice sent to Muslim residents of a village over use of a land as burial ground.The petitioners contended that a notice was issued by Sarpanch of Rupavati Gram Panchayat District Bhavnagar informing them that the petitioners had conducted a burial near a crematorium for Hindus situated in the village.

Gujarat High Court Quashes Defamation FIR Again Man Accused Of Forwarding 'Fake News' Clip On WhatsApp

Case title: Kaushalbhai Jagdishbhai Asodiya  v/s State of Gujarat & Anr

R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR QUASHING & SET ASIDE FIR/ORDER) NO. 850 of 2022

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 204

The Gujarat High Court quashed a defamation FIR against a man who had allegedly forwarded a purportedly fake news cutting, noting that there was nothing on record to show that he had forged the news report in the first place with an intention to harm the reputation of the complainant. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 204]

The court was hearing a plea seeking quashing of an FIR under various IPC provisions including Sections 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation), 500(defamation) and 120(B) (criminal conspiracy).

Exclusion Of Caste From List Of Scheduled Castes At Later Date Cannot Take Away Promotion Granted Earlier: Gujarat High Court

Case title: Employees' Provident Fund Organization & Ors. v/s Ranjit Vasantlal Makwana 

R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 21004 of 2016

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 205

The Gujarat High Court has ruled that benefit of caste reservation granted to a person belonging to Schedule Caste cannot be halted midway on exclusion of the concerned caste from the list of Scheduled Castes.[2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 205]

In doing so the court quashed the demotion of an official who was promoted earlier based on his caste, but was later demoted after the caste he belonged to was excluded from list of scheduled castes. The court said that stripping of the promotion and the reversion of the petitioner cannot be sustained.