Gujarat High Court
Defamation Case| Gujarat HC Transfers Arvind Kejriwal's Revision Plea To A Different Court In Ahmedabad, Directs It To Decide It In 10 Days
The Gujarat High Court today directed the Principal Sessions City Civil Court Ahmedabad to transfer the revision plea filed by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and AAP Rajyasabha MP Sanjay Singh to a different court and further ordered the Court to decide the matter within 10 days. The reason for such a transfer its that the presiding officer which had been dealing with the revision plea is currently...
'Cannot Defend Inaction': Gujarat High Court Pushes State To Expedite Appointments To RERA, Appellate Tribunal
The Gujarat High Court has directed the state government to promptly address the long-pending vacancies in the Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) and the Gujarat Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (Appellate Tribunal). A division bench led by Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Aniruddha Mayee expressed their dissatisfaction on Monday over the government's inaction despite...
Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 21 To August 27, 2023
Nominal IndexRameshbhai Danjibhai Solanki & 7 Other(S) Versus State Of Gujarat & 1 Other(S) 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 136​​Shree Ganesh Intermediary Private Limited Versus National Faceless Assessment Centre, Delhi Citation: 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 137Case Title: M/S Vodafone Mobile Services Limited Versus Union Of India 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 138Bindu Tibrewal W/O Subhash Kedarnath Tibrewal...
Gujarat's Ex-Advocate General Suresh Shelat Passes Away At 85
Renowned legal luminary Suresh Shelat, a former Advocate General of Gujarat and distinguished senior counsel at the Gujarat High Court, breathed his last on Sunday after a brief illness. He was 85 years old and had commenced his legal practice in the year 1967.Shelat was the Advocate General of Gujarat from 2000 to 2006, voluntarily resigning from the post in January 2006. With a...
'Why Create Tribunals When You Don't Want To Continue Them?': Gujarat HC Raps State Govt Over Vacant Posts In GujRERA
The Gujarat High Court on Friday came down heavily on the state government over its failure to fill up the vacant posts of the members of the Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority and Chairperson and technical members of the GujRERA Appellate Tribunal. "Why do you create these tribunals, when you don't want to continue them? You want to frustrate this Act itself. You are acting against...
Gujarat High Court Allows Termination Of 22-Year-Old Rape Survivor's Over 26-Week Pregnancy
The Gujarat High Court today allowed a 22-year-old rape victim to undergo medical termination of over 26 weeks of pregnancy after the medical board gave its recommendation for the abortion with some riders.The bench of Justice Samir J. Dave passed this order on the plea moved by the girl seeking termination of the pregnancy on the grounds that it would have a potential impact on her physical...
Gujarat High Court Introduces Methodology To Ensure Timely Listing Of Pending Cases
The Gujarat High Court, in a bid to enhance case management and ensure expeditious proceedings, has notified a new circular titled "Methodology for Ensuring Next Listing Date in All Pending Cases."Effective from September 1, 2023, this initiative aims to streamline the handling of registered matters and prevent cases from languishing without future listing dates.The circular, approved by...
Gujarat High Court Quashes Look Out Circular Issued Prior To Declaring Borrower As Wilful Defaulter
The Gujarat High Court has quashed a Look Out Circular issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs against a Borrower even prior to declaring her as a wilful defaulter. The Borrower (Petitioner) had filed a writ petition challenging the Look Out Circular since she was prevented from travelling abroad in view of the same. The Bench comprising Justice Nikhil S. Kariel observed, “In the...
1996 Drugs -Planting Case| Gujarat High Court Rejects Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt's Transfer Plea
The Gujarat High Court today rejected a plea filed by jailed former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt demanding a transfer of his trial in the 1996 drug-planting case to a court in Banaskantha district. The HC also dismissed a connected plea challenging three orders passed by the trial court on his pleas praying that the proceedings against him should be recorded in audio and video, at his own...
'Misconceived': Gujarat High Court Dismisses PIL On Use Of 'Gujarati' As Additional Language In HC Proceedings
The Gujarat High Court has DISMISSED as 'misconceived' a PIL plea seeking a direction to the state govt to implement the (then) Governor's 2012 decision authorizing the use of the Gujarati Language in addition to English in the court proceedings before the HC.The PIL plea, which also challenged the October 2012 decision (taken on the administrative side) of the Chief Justice of the Supreme...
Gujarat High Court Quashes Order Rejecting Refund Claim By Vodafone-Idea
The Gujarat High Court has ruled in favor of M/S Vodafone Mobile Services Limited, a prominent telecommunications provider, in a case challenging the rejection of their claim for a tax refund under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.The petitioner, M/S Vodafone Mobile Services Limited, had undergone a merger with Idea Cellular Limited on August 30, 2018, following an order issued by...
Gujarat High Court Quashes Faceless Assessment Order For Lack Of Proper Opportunity Of Hearing
The Gujarat High Court has quashed the faceless assessment on the grounds that there is only a day for the assessee to respond so as to save the limitation period.The bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav and Justice Devan M. Desai has observed that the order under Section 263 of the Act was passed by the PCIT-4 on March 16, 2020. No action was taken thereafter for over 17 months. At the far end of...