In Specific Performance Suit Onus On Plaintiff To Prove 'Readiness & Willingness' To Perform His Part Of Contract: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that Specific Relief Act mandates that in a suit for specific performance, the onus lies on the plaintiff to prove "continuous readiness and willingness" to perform his part of the contract which the court may infer from facts and circumstances. The court was hearing two appeals challenging a 1999 order of the civil court decreeing a suit in favour of...

Gujarat High Court Quashes ₹146.79 Lakh Bill Issued To Reliance Industries Over Arrears Of Water Charges

The Gujarat High Court has set aside a 21-year-old water bill of Rs. 146.79 Lakh issued to Reliance Industries by the state government for arrears of water charges between 1997-2005, noting that the same was based on a government resolution which was not acted upon at the time and the transaction had been already concluded. Justice Hemant M Prachchhak in his order noted that the transaction...

Gujarat High Court Upholds Life Sentence In Decade-Old Murder Case, Relies On Consistent Eyewitness And Scientific Evidence

The Gujarat High Court upheld trial court's murder conviction awarded to a man who had shot at the deceased with an unlicensed firearm, after noting that there was consistent evidence supporting that the shot was fired with intention and knowledge to cause death. A division bench of Justice Ilesh J Vora and Justice RT Vachhani in its order said:"The fact that the accused had no license for...

Gujarat High Court Calls Asaram's Ashram 'Habitual Offender'; Upholds Eviction From Encroached Land, Riverbed

The Gujarat High Court dismissed pleas moved by 'Sant Shri Asharam Ashram' challenging revenue and eviction proceedings, for encroaching upon a large area of land and after finding that the trust had violated allotment conditions and regularization orders. Upholding the findings of the single judge, a division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice DN Ray in its order...

Gujarat High Court Warns Of 'Reverse Bias' Against Accused In POSH Cases; Says Misuse May “Create More Glass Ceilings” For Genuine Employees

The Gujarat High Court upheld a report by a cooperative society's Internal Complaints Committee which had rejected a woman employee's sexual harassment complaint against two officials–including a woman, as false and baseless. In doing so the court found that the ICC was unbiased and had complied with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act....

Gujarat High Court Upholds Compensation For Electrocution Death While Repairing TV Antenna, Says Electricity Board Strictly Liable

The Gujarat High Court upheld a trial court order granting compensation of Rs. 3 Lakh to the family of a man who was electrocuted while assisting his brother in repairing a television antenna on the terrace of a flat, after the antenna came into contact with an electric wire above it. In doing so the court applied the principle of strict and absolute liability and directed the trial court...

Disproportionate Assets: Gujarat High Court Upholds Conviction Of Judicial Officer Whose Wife Received ₹7 Lakh 'Gift' From Non-Relative

The Gujarat High Court upheld a trial court order convicting a judicial officer in a disproportionate assets case, after noting the officer could not prove that his wife was legally entitled to receive a gift from a person who was not his wife's blood relation or family member. It was alleged that the appellant while serving as Civil Judge (J.D.) and Judicial Magistrate, First Class at...

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 13 - April 19, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 114 - 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 124Nominal IndexDhruti Vinubhai Dodiya v/s State of Gujarat & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 114Sanjaybhai Mangalbhai Gadhavi v/s State Election Commission & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 115Joshi Umang Vijaykumar v/s Union of India & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 116 Manishkumar Shivlal Chuahan v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj)...

Prima Facie Police Can't Institute Prosecution For Alleged Forced Religious Conversion Without Prior Sanction From DM: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court granted bail to a man accused of inducing the complainant to convert to his religion, after "prima facie" noting that mandate of prior sanction to initiate prosecution under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act had not been followed. For context, Section 6 of the Act states that "no prosecution for an offence under this Act shall be instituted except by or with the...

Gujarat High Court Seeks Response From Meta, Google, X, Reddit & Scribd On PIL Over Deepfake, AI Content; Asks Them To Onboard SAHYOG Portal

The Gujarat High Court has sought responses from social media intermediaries Meta, Google, X, Reddit and Scribd over a PIL raising concerns about the “sharp and alarming rise” in deepfake and AI-generated content circulating on digital and social media platforms. The court while issuing notice to the intermediaries asked them to also respond to affidavits filed by the State and...

'Profession Can't Be Tarnished': Gujarat High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Law Student Accused Of Posing As Advocate

The Gujarat High Court refused to grant anticipatory bail to a woman law student–presently in the third year of LL.B. course, who was booked for posing as an advocate in a case containing allegations of swindling Rs.80,00,000 by various accused persons.The State had alleged that not only was an identity card issued by Bar Council of Gujarat in her name was recovered, a name plate presenting...

'Tactic To Delay Trial': Gujarat High Court Rejects Rape Accused's Objection To 'Leading' Question Put To Victim

The Gujarat High Court upheld a trial court order which dismissed a rape accused's objection to a question posed by the prosecution to the victim during trial, claiming it was a leading question. In doing so the court found that the question was not a leading question after noting that the victim's answer could have been anything. It further agreed with the State's submission that the...