Gujarat High Court
Gujarat Riots 'Conspiracy' Case | 'Wait For Some More Days': High Court Refuses Urgent Hearing In Teesta Setalvad's Quashing Plea
The Gujarat High Court today refused to grant an urgent hearing to social activist Teesta Setalvad in her plea to quash the case lodged against her by Gujarat Police accusing her of fabricating documents so as to implicate high government functionaries including the then CM Narendra Modi in relation to the 2002 Gujarat riots.When the matter was mentioned earlier in the morning today,...
Gujarat High Court Quashes Income Tax Reassessment Notices Against Non-Existent Entity
The Gujarat High Court has quashed the income tax reassessment notice against a non-existent entity.The bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav and Justice Devan M. Desai has observed that the erstwhile company Satyasarthi Estate Organisers Private Limited amalgamated with the petitioner Anokhi Reality Private Limited. The jurisdictional officer was informed of the amalgamation. The...
Gujarat High Court Acquits Businessman Sentenced By NIA Court In 2019 To Life Imprisonment Under Anti-Hijacking Law
The Gujarat High Court today acquitted Mumbai-based businessman Birju Kishor Salla, who was convicted by the NIA Court in 2019 under the amended Anti-Hijacking Act 2016 and was sentenced to life imprisonment for the remainder of his life.Significantly, the bench of Justice AS Supehia and Justice MR Mengedey quashed the NIA court's June 2019 verdict wherein the trial court had also imposed a...
Gujarat High Court Quashes Orders Rejecting Declaration Under SVLDRS Scheme, Directs Acceptance Of Declaration
The Gujarat High Court has rendered a verdict in favor of M/S Fta Hsrp Solutions Pvt, setting aside the rejection of their declaration filed under the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 (SVLDRS). The court has directed the designated committee, Sabka Vishwas Dispute Resolution Scheme, to accept the petitioner's declaration and bring closure to the tax...
Trade Marks Act | Prior To Search & Seizure, Police Is Required To Take Registrar’s Opinion On Infringement Of Trademark: Gujarat High Court
While quashing an FIR and the subsequent charge sheet filed against a businessman accused of selling duplicate spare parts of Hyundai Motor Company, the Gujarat High Court said that in the absence of the Registrar's opinion on trademark infringement, the FIR cannot be sustained, and no search or seizure can be made.Justice JC Dosh said, “Provisio to section 115(4) of the Act is clear...
Gujarat High Court Extends Ongoing Pilot Implementation Of Hybrid Hearing Of Cases To All Court Working Days
The Gujarat High Court has extended the pilot implementation exercise of the hybrid mode of hearing of cases (presently going on for cause lists of Thursdays) to all Court working days beginning 7th August 2023 onwards.Till now, the facility, presently going on for the benches presided over by Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Biren A. Vaishnav, was only available on Thursdays. A...
Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 31 - August 06
Nominal Index [Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Guj) 126-128]Rajpara Saumil Kanubhai Vs. State Of Gujarat 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 126Raman Pillai Bhaskaran Nair Sreekumar (R. B. Sreekumar) vs. State of Gujarat 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 127Tagros Chemicals India Pvt. Ltd. Versus Union Of India 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 128Judgements/Orders This Week'Can't Live Stream Everything, It Is About The Infrastructure': Gujarat...
Gujarat High Court Orders Refund Of IGST With Interest In An Inadvertent Tax Payment Case
The Gujarat High Court has directed the refund of the Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) amount, along with applicable interest, to a petitioner who inadvertently paid IGST at a higher rate than the concessional rate applicable.The petitioner, Tagros Chemicals India Pvt. Ltd., had been registered under GST since its introduction, and the case pertained to a purchase order received...
Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: July 2023
Nominal Index [Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Guj) 110-125]Teesta Atul Setalvad Vs. State Of Gujarat 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 110TBEA Energy v. R K Engineering 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 111Anilaben Rohitbhai Modi Versus Income Tax Officer, Ward 5(3)(1), Ahmedabad 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 112Ajay Raydhanbhai Kumbharwadiya (Boricha) vs. State Of Gujarat & 6 Other(S) 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 113Rahul Gandhi Versus...
Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 24 To July 30
NOMINAL INDEXDeepakkumar Hasmukhbhai Mahida Versus State Of Gujarat 2023 LiveLaw (Guj) 125Judgements/OrdersGujarat High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Implementation Of District Education Officer’s Order To School For Refund Of Additional FeesCase Title: Deepakkumar Hasmukhbhai Mahida Versus State Of GujaratCase Citation: 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 125The Gujarat High Court has dismissed a plea...
Gauhati High Court Sets Aside Lower Court Order Directing Police To Register FIR Against CM Himanta Biswa For 'Inflammatory Speech'
The Gauhati High Court on Thursday set aside a Magistrate Court's order directing Assam Police to register a case under Sections 153 and 153A of IPC against the incumbent Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on the basis of a complaint made by Congress MP Abdul Khaleque, alleging that the Sarma has made communally motivated statements in December, 2021 at Marigaon.The Single bench of Justice...
Gujarat Riots 'Conspiracy' Case | High Court Grants Bail To Ex-DGP RB Sreekumar Who Was Arrested Along With Teesta Setalvad
The Gujarat High Court on Friday granted bail to former Gujarat Director General of Police Raman Pillai Bhaskaran Nair Sreekumar (RB Sreekumar), who was arrested last year by state police on the allegations of fabricating documents so as to implicate high government functionaries including the then CM Narendra Modi in relation to the 2002 Gujarat riots.Sreekumar was first granted interim bail...