Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 31 - August 06

Rajpara Saumil Kanubhai Vs. State Of Gujarat 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 126

Raman Pillai Bhaskaran Nair Sreekumar (R. B. Sreekumar) vs. State of Gujarat 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 127

Tagros Chemicals India Pvt. Ltd. Versus Union Of India 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 128

Judgements/Orders This Week

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

Case Title - Rajpara Saumil Kanubhai Vs. State Of Gujarat

Case Citation: 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 126

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 phases. There is no occasion to issue a mandate at this moment." Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal remarked as the bench, also including Justice NV Anjaria, dismissed the PIL plea.

Gujarat Riots 'Conspiracy' Case | High Court Grants Bail To Ex-DGP RB Sreekumar Who Was Arrested Along With Teesta Setalvad

Case title - Raman Pillai Bhaskaran Nair Sreekumar (R. B. Sreekumar) vs. State of Gujarat

Case Citation: 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 127

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.

Gujarat High Court Orders Refund Of IGST With Interest In An Inadvertent Tax Payment Case

Case Title: Tagros Chemicals India Pvt. Ltd. Versus Union Of India

Case Citation: 2023 Livelaw (Guj) 128

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.

Other Developments

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 sessions court in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad dismissed her discharge application in relation to the case.