Gujarat Riots 2002: High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Teesta Setalvad's Quashing Plea

Justice Samir J. Dave of the Gujarat High Court today recused from hearing the plea filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad to quash the case lodge 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.Setalvad moved the High Court soon after a city...

'Can't Live Stream Everything, It Is About The Infrastructure': Gujarat HC Dismisses PIL For Live-Streaming Of GIC Proceedings

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking the live-streaming of proceedings at the Gujarat Information Commission (GIC) observing that "everything can't be live streamed, it can't be mandated by the court as it about the infrastructure""Every tribunal and every forum cannot be expected to live-stream the proceedings. They will do it in...

Gujarat High Court Half Yearly Digest: January To June 2023 [Citations 1 - 109]

Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Guj) 1 to 2023 LiveLaw (Guj) 109NOMINAL INDEXPerfect Importers and Distributors (India) Pvt. Ltd. vs Union of India 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 1Shripal Raja Rajendrakumar Shah v. State of Gujarat & Ors 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 2Kirtilal Ravchandbhai Sanghavi & Ors. v. Reserve Bank of India & Anr. 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 3Fakirmamad Hushenbhai Sumbhaniya v. State of Gujara...

Once FIR Is Quashed, It Is Duty Of Press To Delete Case-Related News Articles: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday observed that once an FIR is quashed, news articles related to it should be deleted by the press as continuous circulation could potentially harm the goodwill of the person against whom the FIR was filed. However, the court did not pass any direction for deletion of the news articles at this stage.The observations were made by a bench of Chief Justice...

Gujarat High Court To Continue Hybrid Hearings For Specific Benches

Gujarat High Court has said that hybrid mode of hearing would continue for the following benches for the cause lists of every Thursday: i. Benches presided over by Justice Sunita Agarwal, Chief Justice ii. Benches presided over by Justice B. A. Vaishnav The circular further said that all other modalities and facilities would be as per the Standard Operating Procedure given in the earlier...

Gujarat High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Implementation Of District Education Officer’s Order To School For Refund Of Additional Fees

The Gujarat High Court has dismissed a plea seeking directions for implementation of a District Education Officer's order for refund of the fees additionally charged from the students by a schoolJustice Nikhil S. Kariel said though the order may have been passed upon a complaint filed by the petitioner but he is is not a person who could be stated to be aggrieved on account of non compliance...

'You Don’t Have Spine To Implement Traffic Laws': Gujarat High Court Pulls Up Ahmedabad Traffic Police, Municipal Corporation

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday rapped the Ahmedabad traffic police and the municipal corporation for their failure to regulate traffic in the city, observing that they don't have the spine to implement the laws.The division bench of Justices AS Supehia and MR Mengdey made the remark while referring to the accident that took place at the ISKCON bridge on the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar highway on...

Junagadh Flogging Of Muslim Men: Gujarat High Court Issues Notice To Over 30 Policemen In Contempt Plea

While dealing with a contempt plea concerning the alleged incident of public flogging of certain Muslim men last month, the Gujarat High Court today issued a notice to 32 Policemen seeking their responses. The plea, filed by one Jakir Yusufbhai Makwana and Sajid Kalamudin Ansari, alleges that the Junagadh police officials not only subjected them and other alleged rioters involved in...

Justice Sunita Agarwal Sworn In As Chief Justice Of Gujarat High Court

Justice Sunita Agarwal on Sunday took oath as the 29th Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court. The oath-taking ceremony took place at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar, where Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath of office.The ceremony was also attended by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Speaker of Gujarat Assembly Shankar Chaudhary, Minister of Law and Justice Rushikesh Patel, the high...

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 17 To July 23

NOMINAL INDEXArjunsinh Raisinh Chavda Versus State Of Gujarat R/Criminal Appeal No. 1064 Of 2014Sohanaben Hanifkhan Malek V. The State Of Gujarat & Ors. R/Writ Petition (Pil) No. 1 Of 2022The Principal Commissioner Of Income Tax 1, Ahmedabad Versus Axis Bank Ltd. R/Tax Appeal No. 169 Of 2023Jivanbhai Nagjibhai Makwana Versus State Of Gujarat & 1 Other(S) R/Criminal Misc.Application...

Gujarat High Court Quashes Complaint Filed By One BJP Member Against Another, Expresses Anguish Over Misuse Of SC/ST Act

The Gujarat High Court, while expressing distress over the misuse of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (SC/ST Act), quashed a complaint filed by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member against another BJP leader who held the position of President of Chotila Nagarpalika.Justice Sandeep Bhatt expressing concern, said, "While the Act is essentially meant...

Excess Claim Of Depreciation By Axis Bank, Voluntary Surrendered, No Case For Penalty: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that the department has failed to establish that there was concealment of particulars of the income of the assessee, Axis Bank. The department has also failed to establish that the assessee furnished inaccurate particulars of its income.The bench of Justice Vipul M. Pancholi and Justice D. M. Desai has upheld the ruling of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal...