'Our Heads Hang In Shame': Gujarat HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Pregnant Villager's Death Who Couldn't Reach Ambulance Due To Lack Of Road

"Our heads hang in shame and we are faint that we had to read a press clipping on the birth date of Mahatma Gandhi as well as Lal Bahadur Shashtri," said the Gujarat High Court on Thursday (October 3) while taking suo motu cognizance of news reports indicating that a pregnant woman who, after being "carried on a cloth stretcher" as there was no road, died on her way to the ambulance...

Father Asaram Bapu Admitted In Jodhpur Hospital, Condition Not Stable: Son Narayan Sai To Gujarat High Court In Temporary Bail Plea

Narayan Sai– convicted by a sessions court in a rape case, urged the Gujarat High Court on Thursday (October 3) to grant him temporary bail in order to meet his father Asaram Bapu, stating that the latter has been admitted in a Jodhpur hospital and his "condition is not stable". After hearing the matter for some time, the court permitted the counsel for the petitioner–Narayan Sai, a...

Gujarat HC Declines 'Status Quo' In Plea Against Alleged Demolition Of Muslim Religious Structures, Residential Places In Gir Somnath

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (October 3) refused to grant status quo in respect of alleged demolition of Muslim places of worship including mosques and graves, which was carried out by the State authorities on September 28 in Gir Somnath.Issuing notice to the State on a plea filed by Auliya Auliya-e-Deen Committee–a Waqf, a single judge bench of Justice Sangeeta K Vishen while...

Streamlining Police Recruitment: Gujarat HC Directs DGP To Provide Timeline For Engagement Of 25,660 Sub-Inspectors, Constables By 2026

The Gujarat High Court last week directed the state's Director General of Police (DGP) to submit a detailed timeline for completing the recruitment of over 25,000 posts of Police Sub-Inspectors and Police Constables in two phases by September 2025 and September 2026. The direction was issued by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi while hearing a...

Merely Being Caretaker Of Society Doesn't Attract Vicarious Liability For Non-Deposit Of Provident Fund: Gujarat HC Quashes FIR

While quashing an FIR against three men who allegedly failed to deposit provident fund of the employees of a society, the Gujarat High Court said that merely because they were members of the society's custodian committee would not make them vicariously liable under the relevant law. To make the members of the society answerable or responsible for its administration, the complainant must show...

Plea In Gujarat High Court Against Demolition Of Muslim Religious Structures, Residential Places In Gir Somnath; Order Reserved

The Manager of the Auliya Auliya-e-Deen Committee–a Waqf, urged the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (October 1) to direct "status quo" in respect of the state authorities alleged demolition of Muslim places of worship including mosques and graves, which was carried out on September 28 in Gir Somnath. After hearing all the parties, a single judge bench of Justice Sangeeta K Vishen said,...

[Rajkot Fire Case] 'No Remorse': Gujarat High Court Expresses 'Deep Pain, Frustration' At 'Vehemence' In Response Of Municipal Commissioners

The Gujarat High Court has directed the then Rajkot Municipal Commissioners posted in the city corporation from 2021 till May 2024 when the TRP Game Zone Fire incident took place, to respond to the court's earlier order on issues including the non-compliance of its directions on obtaining Fire NOC as well as compensation to victims by "erring officials". The high court said so while noting...

Gujarat High Court Directs Strict Implementation Of 'Helmet Rule', Repair Of Potholes In View Of Upcoming Navratri Festival

While hearing a suo motu PIL pertaining to traffic congestion and its management in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat High Court in an interim direction passed last week, directed the authorities to ensure strict implementation of the 'Helmet Rule' in respect of two wheeler riders and repair potholes on roads in view of the upcoming Navratri festival.A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal...

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: 23 September – 29 September, 2024

Nominal Index [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 136-142]Mukeshbhai Mohanlal Saragra V/S State Of Gujarat 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 136 M/S. Gayatri Steel Company Vs. The Union of India & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 137 Hindustan Chemicals Company Versus Cyanides And Chemicals Karmachari Sangh & Anr 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 138 Hareshkumar Bhupatbhai Panchani v. Income Tax Officer 2024 LiveLaw...

Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To 5 In Vadodara Boat Capsize Incident

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (September 30) granted bail to five men in connection with the boat capsize incident which took place in a lake in Vadodara earlier in January. A single judge bench of Justice M R Mengdey while pronouncing the order said, "All applications are allowed". The five men who were granted bail–Pareshbhai Shah, Shantilal Solanki, Nilesh Jain, Vatsal Shah,...

15 Years Later, Gujarat High Court Reverses Husband's Acquittal On Abetment Of Suicide And Cruelty To Wife, Upholds Her 'Dying Declaration'

Reversing a 15 year old trial court order acquitting a husband accused of cruelty and abetting his wife's suicide, the Gujarat High Court while relying on the wife's dying declaration said that a mere non endorsement of it by a medical officer regarding her mental fitness does not, by itself, make the declaration inadmissible. Referring to the guiding principles laid down by Supreme Court...

No Explanation Why Complainant Did Not Approach Authorities For 3 Years: Gujarat HC Orders No Coercive Action Against Sexual Assault Accused

While staying coercive action against an accused in an alleged rape case, the Gujarat High Court in its interim order noted that no explanation was given in the FIR on why, for three years, the complainant had not approached a higher police authority regarding the alleged physical harassment meted out to her by the accused, who was working in the police department. Observing that the...