'Prime Facie Dangerous': Gujarat High Court Directs Action Against Cop Who Gave Probe Papers To Complainant Before Filing Chargesheet

Noting that a complainant in a criminal case was given investigation papers by the Investigating Officer before filing of chargesheet, the Gujarat High Court directed the concerned Superintendent of Police to take action against the erring cop. The court said that either the officer did not know of the settled law or had perhaps acted with ulterior motive, adding that the act prima facie...

Gujarat High Court Quashes 16-Year-Old Case Against Journalist For Allegedly 'Disturbing Lion' Near Gir Sanctuary

The Gujarat High Court has quashed a 2009 case registered against a journalist for allegedly disturbing a lion while it was feeding, "outside" the forest limits in Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary. In doing so the court observed that merely disturbing a lion would not fall within the ambit of hunting as defined under the Wildlife Protection Act. The court however remarked that...

Gujarat High Court Notifies Revised SOP For VC Hearing Enabling 'Waiting Room' For Participants, Says Decorum Must Be Followed

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (August 7) notified revised Standard Operating Procedure to be followed for Virtual/Hybrid Hearing of Cases enabling a "Waiting Room for all the participant who intend to join Court Proceedings through the online mode. The revised SOP states that participants must behave in a manner befitting the majesty and decorum of the Court, shall exhibit...

Gujarat High Court Extends Asaram Bapu's Temporary Bail Till August 21 In Rape Case

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (August 7) extended temporary bail of Asaram Bapu till August 21, who was convicted in a 2013 rape case by a sessions court in Gandhinagar and is serving a life sentence.Notably on July 3, the high court had extended Asaram Bapu's temporary bail for one month, after noting statement by Asaram Bapu's counsel that he wont seek further extension of temporary...

Effective Steps Taken By State Against Wrong-Side Driving & Illegal Parking In Ahmedabad, But Exercise Must Be Regular: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (August 6) said that while the state authorities including the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) had been taking effective steps for curbing wrong-side driving, encroachment and illegal parking on public roads in the city, however the exercise undertaken is to be followed regularly. A division bench of Justice AS Supehia and Justice RT Vachchani...

Man Convicted 9-Years After Death: Gujarat High Court Slams Police For Negligence In Not Informing, Directs Action Against Officials

The Gujarat High Court strongly "deprecated" the State police for not informing about the death of an accused which took place in 2016, whom the court had convicted for murder of his wife last month, thereby underscoring the "negligence" on the police's part in making the court hear the matter and waste judicial time. The court asked the Public Prosecutor to bring the negligence to the notice...

Centre Perpetuated Discrimination Against HIV Positive CRPF Personnel By Not Amending Standing Order, Recruitment Rules: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court declared provisions of a 2008 Standing Order and CRPF Assistant Commandant (Ministerial) Recruitment Rules 2011 as "ultra-vires" to the Constitution and the 2017 HIV/AIDS (Prevention & Control) Act, for being discriminatory to HIV/AIDS positive persons in CRPF in matters of promotion. In doing so the court expressed its disappointment with the Centre for not...

'Systematic Campaign To Demean': Gujarat High Court Sentences Lawyer To 3-Month Jail, Fines ₹1 Lakh For 'Scandalous Attack' On Judges

The Gujarat High Court held a lawyer guilty of contempt of court for levelling "false" and "scandalous" allegations against judges of the high court and judicial officers, sentencing him to three-months imprisonment along with cost of Rs. 1 Lakh. A division bench of Justice AS Supehia and Justice RT Vachchani passed the order in a batch of contempt applications initiated suo motu over the...

Gujarat High Court Asks State To Form Panel To Consider Govt Employees' Entitlement To HRA Affected By Classification Of Cities

Noting that employees right to House Rent Allowance is not absolute, the Gujarat High Court has asked the state government to form a committee to consider pleas moved by various government employees working in schools in urban and rural areas, aggrieved by categorization of various cities and House Rent Allowance policy in this respect. The court was hearing a batch of pleas of...

Gujarat High Court Imposes ₹25K Cost On Husband For Uploading Wife's 'Obscene' Pictures On Social Media

The Gujarat High Court last week imposed a cost of ₹25,000/- on a husband who had uploaded 'obscene' photographs of his wife on WhatsApp and Instagram, accompanied by filthy comments and had made them viral. A bench of Justice Hasmukh D. Suthar passed the order while quashing the FIR and all consequential proceedings initiated against the husband, after noting that the matter had...

Gujarat High Court Slams Vadodara Jail Authority For 'Illegally' Detaining Convict, Orders Recalculation Of Set-Off Period For All Convicts

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (August 1) pulled up the Vadodara Jail Authority for "illegally" detaining a convict for 2 months and eight days while failing to rectify the error in calculating the set off period the convict was entitled to, observing that the authority acted arbitrarily and in complete disregard of the convict's fundamental rights. Quoting Mahatma Gandhi who had said,...

'Influenced Witnesses While In Custody, Many Antecedents': Gujarat High Court Denies Bail To Mahesh Langa In Money Laundering Case

The Gujarat High Court dismissed the regular bail plea of journalist Mahesh Langa in a money laundering case lodged in connection with two FIRs which included the offence of cheating, observing that he had a number of antecedents and that while being in custody he had influenced witnesses. For context, a sessions court had in November last year granted anticipatory bail to Langa in a cheating...