Gujarat High Court
Patdi Encounter: Gujarat High Court Directs DSP Surendranagar To Take Decision On Application Seeking Action Against Cops
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the District Superintendent of Police, Surendranagar, to look into the application submitted before Bajana Police Station in relation to killing of a person and his 14 year-old-son in a police encounter in Patdi taluka in 2021. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice AJ Desai and Justice Biren Vaishnav also directed the DSP to look into...
Gujarat High Directs DLSA To Provide Rehabilitation Guidance To Convict Who Spent 13 Years In Jail For Killing Uncle
The Gujarat High Court has directed the District Legal Services Authority to proactively guide a convict, set to be released after serving 13 years in prison, in identifying benevolent schemes offered by the government for income generation and rehabilitation in society.The division bench of Justices AY Kogje and MR Mengdey converted the conviction from Section-302 of the Indian Penal Code...
Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 10 To July 16
NOMINAL INDEXVinai Kumar Saxena Vs. State Of GujaratRegistrar, Birth And Death Registration Department Vs. Niteshbhai Narshibhai Mangrola R/Letters Patent Appeal No. 672 Of 2023 In R/Special Civil Application No. 16799 Of 2022Praveenbhai Girdharilal Agarwal Vs. Principal Commissioner Of Income Tax (Central) R/Special Civil Application No. 1856 Of 2023Heirs Of Mahant Dayaramdas- Bai Padma...
‘There Can’t Be Inconsistency Between Time Of Offence Recorded In FIR And Deposition To Court’: Gujarat High Court Upholds Acquittal In Rape Case
Upholding the acquittal of an accused in a rape case, the Gujarat High Court said there was a major discrepancy with regard to the time of the incident.“If at all offence is committed at a particular time, there cannot be inconsistent time of offence in between the deposition and the contemporaneous record like First Information Report registered by the first-informant herself,” said...
Gujarat High Court Implements Neutral Citations System
The Gujarat High Court on Friday commenced assigning Neutral Citations to all the Judgements and Final Orders of the High Court.Accordingly, a circular has been issued informing that all the Judgments and Final Orders which have been uploaded so far on the Case Status website of the High Court of Gujarat, have been assigned a Neutral Citation.All such judgments and final orders would now...
Gujarat High Court Asks State To Identify Cases Where Rape Convictions Are Based On Weak Evidence; To Hear Such Appeals On Priority
The Gujarat High Court has instructed the State government to establish a committee to identify cases, particularly rape cases, where convicts have been wrongly sentenced due to improper evaluation of evidence or doubtful evidence, resulting in prolonged incarceration."Such cases as the present one which are pending before the High Court need to be identified so that the conviction can be...
'Not A Case Of False Promise Of Marriage': Gujarat High Court Quashes Second Rape Case Against Man
The Gujarat High Court recently quashed a rape case against a man, observing that the case is of consensual sex.The court said that the complainant was well aware of the pros and cons of the relationship and that no false promise of marriage was given at the early stage. Justice Gita Gopi said, “At the inception of relation, there would not have been any promise to marry, for the complainant...
Gujarat High Court Quashes Non-Speaking Cryptic Order Of GST Registration Cancellation
The Gujarat High Court has clarified that an order for the cancellation of registration passed without providing any reasons is a non-speaking order and therefore is liable to be set aside. The above ruling delivered by the division bench of Justices Vipul M Pancholi and Devan M Desai, came in response to a petition filed by Om Trading, a registered business under the Goods and...
'Sharam Rakho' Remark Against Sitting Judge: Gujarat HC Accepts Unconditional Apology Of Sr. Adv Percy Kavina In Contempt Case
The Gujarat High Court today accepted the unconditional apology tendered by Senior Counsel Percy V. Kavina in the suo moto contempt case initiated against him on July 10 for his 'disparaging' remark made against a sitting judge on July 7.The bench of Justice AS Supehia and Justice MR Mengedey, however, asked him to be mindful of the responsibility bestowed upon him as a Senior...
Gujarat High Court Grants Assessee Permission to Pay Tax Liability in Installments, Lifts Bank Account Attachment
The Gujarat High Court has overturned the decision of the Adjudicating Authority and granted permission to an assessee to fulfill their tax liability through installment payments, consequently lifting the provisional attachment of the assessee’s bank account. The above order delivered by Justice NV Anjaria and Devan M Desai, came in response to a Special Civil Application, whereby...
Gujarat High Court Pulls Up State Govt, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation For Inaction On Stray Cattle 'Menace', Orders State To Frame Policy
The Gujarat High Court has pulled up the state government and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for their failure to frame and implement effective policies or guidelines to address the stray cattle menace.The court directed the State to urgently formulate a comprehensive policy or issue administrative directions to control the cattle menace throughout the entire state.“It is...
