Gujarat High Court Acting Chief Justice Inaugurates Legal Aid Defense Counsel System Offices In 11 Districts

Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court Justice A. J. Desai on Monday virtually inaugurated the offices of the Legal Aid Defense Counsel System in 11 districts of the state.With this Gujarat became the third state in the country, after Kerala and Jharkhand, in which the Legal Aid Defense Counsel System has become functional in all 32 District Headquarters. The 11 districts where the...

Gujarat High Court Seeks Congress MLA Kiritkumar Patel's Response On Plea Challenging His Election From Patan Assembly Constituency

The Gujarat High Court has issued notice to Congress MLA Kiritkumar Chimanlal Patel from Patan Assembly in an Election Petition alleging that he had not furnished information with regard to the FIRs registered against him in the affidavits filed before the Returning Officer during the 2022 Assembly Elections. The petitioner, an elector from the Patan Assembly, alleged in the...

'Writ Of Quo Warranto Not An Appeal Over Academic Decision': Gujarat High Court Sets Aside Verdict Against GTU Associate Professor's Appointment

The Gujarat High Court has set aside a single judge bench's decision asking a person to vacate the post of Associate Professor (Management) in Gujarat Technological University (GTU) due to his alleged ineligibility for the said post. The division bench of Justice N. V. Anjaria and Justice Bhargav D. Karia observed: “In any view, writ of quo warranto is not an appeal over an...

Gujarat High Court Transfers Trial In Criminal Intimidation Case To Morbi After Lawyers In Bhuj Refuse To Defend Accused

The Gujarat High Court recently allowed a petition filed by an accused for transfer of his case from Kachchh district to Morbi on the ground that no advocate from the District Bar Association, Bhuj was willing to defend the accused as the lawyers' body had passed a resolution not to defend him.The single judge bench of Justice Ilesh J. Vora observed:“In the facts of the present case,...

Whether Any Action Taken? Gujarat High Court Calls For Complete Records Related To Patdi Encounter

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday directed the State to produce before it all records and documents including post mortem report, ballistics report etc., in a PIL related to killing of a person and his 14 year old son in a police encounter in Patdi taluka of Surendranagar district in the year 2021.The PIL filed by the daughter and sister of the deceased persons respectively, states that...

Scope Of Judicial Review In Service Matters Limited, Affected Party Must Avail Civil Remedy: Gujarat High Court Reiterates

The Gujarat High Court dismissed a Special Civil Application filed by a principal against his termination by Anandalaya Education Society citing a clear element of loss of confidence in the petitioner by the respondent-institution. Justice Sandeep N Bhatt made it clear that the writ is not maintainable under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the present respondent...

Cartel Amongst Paper Mills? Gujarat High Court Refuses To Interfere With CCI's Investigation Order

The Gujarat High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition filed by J.K. Paper Ltd. challenging an investigation order under Section 26 of Competition Act, 2002 passed by the Competition Commission of India on the ground that the said order is an administrative order which only forms a prima facie opinion and it does not affect rights and liabilities of the petitioner.The single judge bench...

No 'Public Interest' Involved In Disclosure Of PM's Degree Details; Arvind Kejriwal Made Mockery Of RTI Act's Intent: Gujarat High Court

Setting aside the 2016 order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing the Gujarat University to provide information regarding degrees in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Gujarat High Court today held that the educational degrees of the PM are exempted from disclosure under the provisions of Section 8(1)(e) and (j) of the...

BREAKING: Gujarat High Court Quashes CIC’s Order Directing Gujarat Varsity To Provide Info On PM Modi’s Degree; ₹25K Imposed On Delhi CM Kejriwal

The Gujarat High Court today quashed and set aside the 2016 order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing the Gujarat University to provide “information regarding degrees in the name of Mr. Narendra Damodar Modi" to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. With this, the bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav allowed the appeal filed by Gujarat University challenging CIC’s order...

Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Alleged Ganja Cultivator Citing 'Intermediary Quantity' Contraband

The Gujarat High Court while allowing a criminal miscellaneous application, granted bail to an accused in a Ganja cultivation case, citing intermediary quantity and lack of criminal antecedents.The court passed the above order in an application seeking grant of regular bail after the charge-sheet was filed in connection with an offence registered under Sections 8(b), 8(c), 20(b), 20(a)(i)...

Gujarat High Court Launches Dedicated Section For Gujarati Translations Of Supreme Court Orders, Judgments On Official Website

A dedicated section has been created on the Gujarat High Court Website for publishing Gujarati-translated versions of orders and judgments of the Supreme Court.This was done based on the guidance from the AI-Assisted Legal Translation Advisory Committee of the Supreme Court and per the directions and approval of the Acting Chief Justice A. J. Desai and the Judges of the I. T. Committee &...

Gujarat High Court Appeals To All Pilgrims Visiting Temples In Girnar Hills To Cooperate In Protecting Environment

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the State Government to implement various provisions of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and the Government Resolution dated May 22, 2019 issued by the Forest & Environment Department in its true spirit, for the religious campus located on the hills of Girnar.While hearing a PIL on the issue, the division bench of The Acting Chief Justice A. J....