Gujarat High Court Directs Passport Authority To Decide Renewal Plea Of Congress MLA Vimal Chudasama Convicted In Rioting Case

The Gujarat High Court has directed the Passport Authority to decide the plea of Congress MLA Vimal Chudasama–who has court case pending–for renewal of passport, in view of Ministry of External Affairs's notification which permits Indian citizens–against whom criminal proceedings are pending in court–to travel abroad if they present a court order.Under Section 6 of the Passport Act the passport authority can refuse of passports/ travel documents. Section 6(2)(f) states that passport...

Gujarat High Court Issues Notice To GST Dept In Mahesh Langa's Plea Against Second FIR On Alleged Tax Fraud

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (December 23) issued notice to the State and GST Department in a plea by journalist Mahesh Langa for quashing an FIR registered at Rajkot where though Langa has not been made an accused, he apprehends the same as a similar FIR pertaining to alleged GST fraud is already registered at Ahmedabad. During the hearing, advocate AJ Yagnik submitted before Justice...

'Has A History': High Court Denies Bail To 21-Yr-Old Booked For Rash Driving Which Claimed Nine Lives Last Year In Ahmedabad

Dismissing the bail plea of a 21-year-old man booked for causing an accident in 2023 at Iskon Bridge in Ahmedabad which claimed nine lives, the Gujarat High Court said that material on record indicated that he had a history of rash driving and had earlier caused several vehicular accidents due to such driving.The Applicant sought bail in connection with the FIR for offences under Section...

Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: November 2024

Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 165 to LiveLaw (Guj) 180Nominal IndexIPCL Employee Association (Bhartiya Majdoor Sangh) vs Reliance Industries Ltd. 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 165Shailesh Anilkumar Amin & Anr. vs Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Ltd. 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 166M/S Konnecting India & Ors vs The Kalupur Commercial Co. Op Bank Ltd. & Anr. 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 167Kurbuddin...

Entered Agreements With Doctors, Institutes To Give Medical Benefits To Insured Workers In Vadodara: ESI Corporation To Gujarat High Court

While hearing a PIL for providing medical benefits to insured persons under the Employees' State Insurance Act including establishment of dispensaries in Vadodara immediately till adequate medical facilities are provided, the Gujarat High Court said that the ESI Corporation was examining the necessity and responsibility of reorganizing/relocating dispensaries. Taking note of the steps stated...

Gujarat HC Directs Staff Selection Commission To Keep 1 Seat Vacant For Man Denied Constable Post Due To Tattoo Removal Scar On Saluting Arm

While hearing a man's plea who was disqualified from the Constable's post despite clearing the exam on account of scars left on his saluting arm after tattoo removal, the Gujarat High Court permitted as interim relief one seat to be kept vacant pending the final disposal of the petition. The petitioner claimed that that he had a Tattoo on his right arm prior to the recruitment process started....

Surat Bar Elections: Gujarat HC Directs State Bar Council To Decide Plea Alleging Improper Scrutiny Of Candidates' Documents By Tomorrow

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (December 17) directed the Bar Council of Gujarat to immediately constitute a committee to decide by Thursday a plea concerning improper scrutiny of documents of the candidates contesting in the Surat Bar Election, which is scheduled for December 20. The Petitioner contended that he raised a grievance before the Election Commissioner regarding the...

Will Cast 'Financial Burden': Gujarat HC Quashes Order Directing Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation To Retrospectively Regularize Daily Wagers

In case pertaining to regularization of daily wage employees, the Gujarat High Court highlighted the importance of adhering to policy frameworks to avoid financial constraints and held that Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation cannot be forced to create supernumerary posts with a retrospective date as it would create financial burden and disrupt administrative uniformity.The court thus set aside...

Gandhi Ashram Revamp: Gujarat HC Rejects Resident's Plea For 4 Housing Units, Says Compensation Granted By Collector 'Benevolent'

In a recent ruling, the Gujarat High Court dismissed plea of a long-term resident living in the precincts of the Gandhi Ashram challenging the compensation granted to her under the Ashram re-development policy, seeking additional housing units and financial compensation as offered to the other residents who were rehabilitated. In doing so the High Court upheld the decision of the...

'No Premeditation': Gujarat HC Overturns Murder Conviction Of Two Who Caused Fatal Injuries From Iron Strips, Convicts For Culpable Homicide

The Gujarat High Court overturned the murder conviction of two men to culpable homicide not amounting murder, after noting that the facts of the case the ingredients of the offence of murder under the IPC were not made out. In doing so a division bench of Justice Ilesh Vora and and Justice S.V. Pinto reiterated the distinction between murder and culpable homicide not amounting to murder which...

Gujarat High Court Seeks Stand Of State, Harij Nagar Palika In PIL On Pollution Of Lake Due To Dumping Of Waste

The Gujarat High Court on December 12 (Thursday) sought the stand of the State and Harij Nagar Palika located in Patan District in a PIL petition concerning pollution in a lake in the area allegedly due to untreated sewage being diverted into the water body which is stated the largest lake in the town. A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi issued notice...

Mere Existence Of Arbitration Clause In Agreement Does Not Automatically Bar Jurisdiction Of Civil Court: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court bench of Justice Divyesh A. Joshi has held that mere existence of arbitration clause in the agreement does not bar jurisdiction of the civil court automatically. Brief Facts This Civil Revision Application under section 115 of the CPC has been filed against an order passed by the Additional Senior Civil Judge, Ahmedabad by which an application under section...