Lender Banks Must Furnish Copy Of Audit Reports Before Classifying Loan Account As Fraud: Gujarat High Court

Recently, the Gujarat High Court bench of Justice Sangeeta K. Vishen observed that the Lender Banks must provide a reasonable opportunity to the Borrower by furnishing a copy of Audit Reports and allowing him to submit a representation before classifying the account as fraud. Background Facts: Amit Dineshchandra Patel (Petitioner) are the promoters, suspended directors,...

Gujarat HC Directs Advocates/Litigants To Mention Details Of Previous Bail Pleas & Orders In All Bail Applications As Per SC's Directive

In view of the recent directive issued by the Supreme Court in the case of Kusha Duruka v/s. The State of Odisha 2024 LiveLaw (SC) 47, the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court Justice Sunita Agarwal has directed all the Advocate(s)/Party-in-Person(s)/Litigant(s) to mandatorily mention the following particulars in the application(s) filed for grant of bail including the application...

PM Modi Degree Defamation Case | Gujarat HC To Pronounce Order On Feb 16 On Arvind Kejriwal & Sanjay Singh's Plea Against Summons

The Gujarat High Court will pronounce its order on February 16 on pleas filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party's Rajyasabha MP Sanjay Singh challenging a Sessions Court order affirming summons issued against them by a Magistrate Court in a defamation case filed by Gujarat University concerning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's education Degree.A bench of Justice Hasmukh...

High Court Seeks Gujarat Govt's Affidavit Regarding Unauthorized Religious Structures In Public Areas

Last week, the Gujarat High Court issued a directive to the state government, instructing them to submit an affidavit containing information on unauthorized religious structures in public places and the actions taken for their removal.The Court expressed dissatisfaction with the government's response in the suo moto case, criticizing its approach towards addressing the issue of...

Bilkis Bano Case: Days After Surrender On Supreme Court Orders, Convict Granted 5-Day Parole Following Father-In-Law's Death

Just over two weeks after 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case surrendered at the Godhra sub-jail on January 21 as mandated by the Supreme Court, one of them, Pradip Modhiya, received a five-day parole from the Gujarat High Court following the death of his father-in-law.Modiya had approached the High Court seeking parole for 30 days.The prosecution submitted that when Modiya was...

Gujarat High Court Upholds Income Tax Department's Search and Seizure, Condemns Misconduct

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday, upheld the search and seizures conducted by the Income Tax (I-T) department at a lawyer's residence and office last year over alleged income tax evasion as valid.The above development came in a petition moved by practicing advocate Maulik Sheth, challenging the manner of search conducted by the I-T officials between November 3 and 7 at his office and...

Free Medical Check-Up For Advocates, Clerks, & Service Personnel At Gujarat High Court From 01st-08th February 2024

The Gujarat High Court, under the patronage of Chief Justice and the Members of the "High Court Medical Facility Committee," is conducting a week-long Free Medical Check-up for the well-being of its officers, employees, advocates, advocates' clerks, and personnel from the Police Department and other departments.All officers, employees, advocates, advocates' clerks, and personnel rendering...

Gujarat High Court Issues Notice For National Lok Adalat To Be Held On March 9

The Gujarat High Court has issued a notice announcing the schedule and details of the National Lok Adalat scheduled to be held on March 9, 2024. The notice outlines the subjects to be addressed during the Lok Adalat as specified by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and Gujarat State Legal Services Authority. The National Lok Adalat, scheduled for the 2nd Saturday of March 2024,...

Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Inaugurates Psycho-Socio Care Centers In Three Central Jails

Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal virtually inaugurated psycho-socio care centers for the rehabilitation, reformation, and reintegration of jail inmates at central jails in Rajkot, Surat, and Vadodara on Saturday.This initiative, led by the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority and the state government, expands on the pilot program initiated at Sabarmati Central Jail in...

Gujarat High Court Issues Circular To End Practise Of Caste Or Religion Of Litigants Being Mentioned In Documents Filed Before HC

The Gujarat High Court has ordered that the caste or religion of litigant should not be mentioned in petitions and proceedings before the High Court.The above direction came about pursuant to an order passed by the Supreme Court on 10.01.2024 (passed in Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 1957 of 2023 in the case of Shama Sharma v/s. Kishan Kumar), whereby directions were issued to ensure that...

'Consciously Decided To Follow Spiritual Path': Gujarat HC Dismisses Plea By Father Against Swami Nithyananda For Alleged Unlawful Confinement Of Daughters

The Gujarat High Court today dismissed a plea filed by the father of two daughters in 2019 accusing self-styled Godman Swami Nithyananda of holding them in unlawful confinement.The matter was listed before a division bench of Justice AY Kogje and Justice Rajendra M. Sareen.While the final verdict is pending, Justice Kogje, in the course of the hearing, while dictating the order said, “It...

Morbi Bridge Tragedy | Gujarat HC Questions State's 'Incomplete' Affidavit, Calls For Positive Solution Regarding Compensation For Victims' Families

In the latest development on the Morbi Bridge tragedy of November 2022, the Gujarat High Court, on Tuesday, raised concerns over the state government's affidavit.Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice P. Aniruddh Mayee presiding over the hearing, directed the Oreva Group, responsible for the maintenance and operation of the Morbi suspension bridge that collapsed in 2022, to provide a...