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Gujarat High Court Orders Ahmedabad Collector To Pay ₹1 Lakh From Own Salary For Disobeying Court Directions

The Gujarat High Court imposed fine of Rs. 1 Lakh on Ahmedabad Collector to be paid from his own salary for disobeying a court order which had directed the official to decide a woman's application seeking permission to use her agricultural land for non-agricultural use. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 309]In doing so the court observed that when an authority does not obey a court order or approach the court if it has difficulty in complying with the order in time, the only inference drawn is that it does...

Madras High Court Directs Youth Involved In Illegal Bike Racing To Assist In Trauma Ward Of Stanley Hospital

The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that remarriage of accident victim's widow is no ground for rejecting compensation claim, as the amount is awarded on account of the death of her husband and the trauma suffered by her as a consequence thereof. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 308]The court was hearing United India Insurance Company Limited appeal against order passed by the Motor Vehicle Tribunal granting accident compensation. The deceased was driving a motorcycle when a truck dashed against the...

Gujarat High Court Judge Recuses From Journalist Ravi Nairs Anticipatory Bail Plea In Forgery Case Over LIC-Adani Investment Report

Justice Sanjeev J Thaker of the Gujarat High Court on Friday (November 6) recused from hearing journalist Ravi Nair's anticipatory bail plea in a forgery FIR registered over a Washington Post article alleging that the Central Government directed the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to invest in the Adani Group.When the matter was taken up, Justice Sanjeev J Thaker orally asked, "Is...

Gujarat High Court Fines Gram Panchayat ₹1.20 Lakh For Demolishing Homes Without Following Due Process

The Gujarat High Court fined a gram panchayat in Anand district Rs. 1,20,000 after prima facie observing that homes in a village in the district were demolished without following any due process of law. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 307]The court however held that it would not interfere with regard to the issue of demolition as of yet, observing that it appeared that the properties were on a public...

Bangladeshi Woman Held Under Deportation Order Not Illegally Detained: Gujarat High Court Dismisses Indian Husbands Habeas Corpus Plea

The Gujarat High Court rejected a man's habeas corpus plea alleging illegal detention of his wife and infant daughter, after noting that his wife was a Bangladeshi citizen and had been lawfully detained as per provisions of the Immigration and Foreigners Order and Immigration and Foreigners Act which had not been challenged. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 306]The petitioner is an Indian national and...

Gujarat High Court Criticizes Police For Filing FIRs In Civil Disputes Despite Circular Issued By DGP

The Gujarat High Court has deprecated the practice of filing FIRs in civil disputes giving it a criminal colour, observing that despite a circular issued by the State's Director General of Police for not registering FIRs in civil disputes such FIRs are registered for reasons best known to the police. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 305]The court was hearing a plea moved by the petitioner seeking quashing...

Adani Defamation Case: Gujarat High Court Rejects Journalist Ravi Nairs Plea To Produce Additional Evidence

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (November 2) dismissed journalist Ravi Nair's plea challenging a sessions court order which rejected his plea to bring on record additional evidence concerning a defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Ltd. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 304]Adani Enterprises Ltd filed the criminal defamation case alleging that Ravi Nair published and disseminated a series of...

Gujarat High Court Upholds Probation For Four Convicted Of Assaulting Election Rival, Says Courts Must Consider Relief When Conditions Are Met

The Gujarat High Court has observed that while an accused cannot claim probation as a matter of right however the underlying object of the law of probation is reformatory in nature rather than merely to punish the accused. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 303]It said that once the requisite conditions are satisfied, the Court is duty bound to consider whether the case is fit for releasing the offender...

Gujarat Municipality Retracts Meat-Shop Shutdown Order During Jain Leaders Stay, Admits No Legal Provision To Order Closure

The Gujarat High Court closed a plea moved by slaughter house/meat-shop owners against an order issued by Radhanpur Municipality directing them to close their premises for four months on account of a Jain religious leader residing in the town for the said time period. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 302]This, after the counsel for the municipality submitted that there was no provision under the...

Surat Rape Case: Gujarat High Court Issues Notice On Narayan Sais Temporary Bail Plea To Meet Ailing Mother

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (November 3) issued notice on a plea by Narayan Sai–convicted in 2019 by a Surat trial court for rape and sentenced to life imprisonment–seeking temporary bail to visit his ailing mother. Sai has moved the temporary bail application in his appeal challenging the rape conviction and life sentence. A division bench of Justice Bhargav D Karia and Justice...