Water Bodies Not Being Protected, Indiscriminate Land Filling Affects Ecosystem And Causes Water Clogging: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has directed the state government and the forest department to provide a detailed district-wise report stating the status of water bodies, ponds and lakes. The directive came during the hearing with regards to the unauthorised filling of water bodies in Devbhumi Dwarka district listed before a bench comprising Justices AY Kogje and Samir J Dave.Citing the Supreme...

Gujarat High Court Issues Notice To 'Times Of India' & 'Indian Express' For 'False & Distorted' Reports On Proceedings

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (August 13) issued notices to editors of the newspapers, the Times of India and the Indian Express, for misrepresenting the Court proceedings. The Court observed that the newspaper reports gave a wrong impression that the observations made by the bench during the hearing were its final opinion.The Court asked the newspapers to show cause for not...

Gujarat High Court Orders Kutch Collector To Submit Affidavit Addressing Concerns Over Relocation Of 'Gauchar' Land For Airstrip Development

On Tuesday, while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning the allocation of Gauchar land for an airstrip development in the Kutch district, the Gujarat High Court directed the Collector of Kutch to file a personal affidavit to address concerns raised by the Kathda and Mandvi village panchayats about the alternative Gauchar lands being 4-6 kilometres away from the existing...

Senior Police Officers Must Keep Check On Subordinates Who Try To Show Supremacy By Unnecessarily Scolding And Beating People: Gujarat HC

The Gujarat High Court strongly criticized the city crime branch for overstepping its authority and directed senior officials to monitor their subordinates who were accused of exerting unnecessary dominance by scolding and beating citizens.“I understand you higher officers will be very polite, very modest, but then must keep a check on the lower officers who roam around the city and trying...

Gujarat HC Orders Inquiry Into Windmill Installations Near Bhavnagar Villages Over Alleged Violations Of Noise Mitigation Guidelines

The Gujarat High Court has issued a directive to the Chairman of the Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA) to investigate the permissions granted for windmill installations in Bhavnagar villages. This directive follows a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Vikrambhai Nanjibhai Dabhi, a resident of Village Dakana and Chairman of the Public Health Committee, District Panchayat,...

Gujarat High Court Weekly Roundup: August 5 - August 11 2024

Nominal Index [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 102-107]Salman @Mufti Mohammad Salman Azhari S/O Mohammad Hasan Razvi Versus State Of Gujarat & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 102JIL W/O Priyank Manubhai Choksi Versus State Of Gujarat & Anr. 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 103X and Others. Versus State Of Gujarat & Anr. 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 104X & Ors. Versus Na 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 105J Versus A &...

[Sabarmati River Pollution] Gujarat HC Pulls Ahmedabad Mega Clean Association's CEO For Sharing 'Unverified' Video On Illegal Waste Dumping

The Gujarat High Court on Friday directed the CEO of the Ahmedabad Mega Clean Association (AMCA) to tender a public apology and an apology to the court, for circulating a video that inaccurately depicted an Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) tanker allegedly dumping untreated sewage into a mega pipeline.While hearing a 2021 suo motu plea concerning the pollution in the Sabarmati river,...

Gujarat High Court Initiates Suo Motu Plea On Appointment Of State Waqf Tribunal Member

The Gujarat High Court on Friday initiated a suo motu petition in connection with appointments made to the State Waqf Tribunal, while it was hearing a plea challenging the appointment of one of the member's–Anwar Hussain Shaikh.Earlier this year, Shaikh was appointed as a member of the Gujarat State Waqf Tribunal. However, this appointment faced opposition, with three persons, claiming to...

[Domicile Certificate] Time Spent By Student In School Abroad Before Returning Can't Be Excluded While Calculating 10-Yr Residential Period: Gujarat HC

In a recent ruling, the Gujarat High Court has granted relief to a student by directing the Mamlatdar to issue a domicile certificate to a student, Tilakkumar Mishra, waiving the minimum criteria of 10 years of continuous residency in the State of Gujarat during which the student lived in Abu Dhabi for three years to pursue his studies.Justice Sunita K Vishen, who presided over the case,...

Unless Disqualified, Wife Has Absolute Right To Maintenance U/S 125 CrPC If Husband Is Healthy And Capable: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has recently held that a wife's right to maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) from a capable, able bodied husband is absolute, provided there are no disqualifying factors.The Court emphasized that a husband's claim of inability to pay maintenance due to unemployment, poor business conditions, responsibilities towards other family...

Gujarat High Court Pulls Up Officer For "Vehemence", Filing "Misguided Response" To Oppose PIL Seeking Improvement Of State Highway

While hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking improvement of a state highway in Mahisagar district, Gujarat High Court on Friday expressed its displeasure with the affidavit of the concerned official stating that the road was "not totally damaged but had developed potholes", observing that every sentence in a PIL is not to be opposed. Taking a "strong exception" to the...

Gujarat High Court To Examine Order Setting Aside Arbitral Award Over "Exorbitant Fees" Charged By Tribunal

The Gujarat High Court Thursday issued notice on a plea seeking stay of an order setting aside an international arbitral award on various grounds including that the fee charged by the arbitral tribunal was exorbitant.A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi said, “Let a notice be issued to the Respondent, returnable date 28-8-2024…It is clarified that...