Gujarat High Court Dismisses PIL Against Mobile Games Alleged To Be Games Of Chance, In View Of Similar Pending Plea In Bombay HC

Observing that an identical PIL is pending before the Bombay High Court raising the same issue, the Gujarat High Court on Friday (January 3) dismissed a plea seeking a restrain on the operation on certain mobile game platforms on the ground that the games in question constitute games of chance and not games of skill.In doing so the court granted the petitioner–Sumit Kapurbhai Prajapati,...

Depriving An Employee Of Leave Encashment Which Is Akin To Salary And Is Thus A Property Violates His Constitutional Right: Gujarat HC

Dismissing Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's plea against a labour court order directing it to pay arrears of leave encashment to a retired employee, the Gujarat High Court underscored that depriving a person of leave encashment–which is akin to salary and is thus a property, violates his statutory rights in the Constitution of India. Justice MK Thakker in her December 24 order said, "As...

Gujarat High Court Annual Digest 2024: Part-I [Citations 1-100]

Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 1 to 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 1001. Income Tax Act | Section 119(2)(B) Application Cannot Be Rejected Citing Vague & Arbitrary ReasonsCase Title: M/S AMIT HOSPITAL PVT. LTD. Versus PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAXLL Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 1In a recent ruling, the Gujarat High Court has emphasized that applications under Section 119(2)(b) of the Income Tax...

Injuries Insufficient To Cause Death: Gujarat HC Grants Bail To Police Officers Convicted For Murder Of A Boy At An Observation Home

The Gujarat High Court suspended the sentence and granted regular bail to three police officers convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment after being booked for the murder of an 18-year-old boy stated to have been belonging to the Scheduled Caste, in an observation home where he had been kept in 2020. In doing so, the Court relied on the post-mortem report and the cross-examination of...

Gujarat HC Calls For Explanation From Judicial Officer Over 'Serious Allegations' On Conduct While Hearing Cheating Case

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (December 23) called for a detailed explanation from a judicial officer–of the rank of a sessions judge, after "prima facie" taking note of a plea making "serious allegations" about the officer's conduct while hearing proceedings in a forgery and cheating case. The order was passed in a plea wherein the petitioner had sought transfer of proceedings before...

"Large-Scale Scam": Gujarat HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To Businessman Booked In ₹6000 Crore Financial Fraud Case

The Gujarat High Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of businessman and head of BZ group Bhupendrasinh Zala in connection with an alleged financial fraud amounting to ₹6000 crores observing that it appeared to be a “large scale scam” wherein “large number of people appear to have been duped by him”.Justice M.R. Mengdey in his December 23 order observed “The...

No Automatic Right To Backdated Regularization; Municipal Corporations May Consider Financial And Administrative Constraints: Gujarat HC

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench comprising Justices A.S. Supehia and Gita Gopi set aside an order of a single judge bench that directed Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to backdate the regularization of certain daily wage workers. The Court held that municipal corporations cannot be compelled to regularize workers retrospectively, even if the workers had completed the...

Gujarat High Court Issues Notice On Father's Plea Alleging Illegal Detention Of His Daughter By Persons Living In ISCKON Temple

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (December 24) issued notice to the State on a habeas corpus petition moved by a man claiming that his daughter has been illegally detained by certain persons who used to allegedly live at Ahmedabad's ISCKON temple. A division bench of Justice Sangeeta K Vishen and Justice Sanjeev J Thaker in its order took note of the averment's made in the father's...

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...

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...