Gujarat HC Holds 4 Senior Citizen Women Guilty Of Contempt, Refrains From Sending Them To Civil Imprisonment In View Of Their Age

The Gujarat High Court has held four senior citizen women guilty of contempt of court, for entering into an agreement to sell a disputed property and creating third party rights despite a 2010 status quo order. However, noting the age of the contemnors, the court did not send them to civil imprisonment; instead it fined them with Rs 2000 each, quashed the agreement to sell the property...

Reservation In Local Bodies: High Court Seeks State's Stand On PIL Challenging Vires Of Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Act 2023

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (March 10) sought the state government's stand on a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of the Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Act 2023 and subsequent amendment made to the relevant rules, claiming it is contrary to the Supreme Court's decisions on the manner in which reservation is to be implemented. The plea claims that as per the decision...

'Pious Intention' Of Compassionate Appointment Is To Give Relief To Deceased Employee's Kin, Can't Be Misused: Gujarat High Court

Underscoring the "pious intention" of compassionate appointment which is to give relief to the deceased employee's kin, the Gujarat High Court stopped short of imposing costs on a litigant for suppressing material facts after noting that she only intended to secure the appointment of her son at LIC after her husband's death. In doing so the court observed that the litigant had not disclosed...

'Her Rehabilitation & Restorative Care Is Most Important': Gujarat High Court Orally Says During Tribal Woman Assault Hearing

While hearing a suo motu plea pertaining to the reported assault of a tribal woman who was stated to be disrobed, paraded and dragged by a motorcycle in the district, the Gujarat High Court on Friday (March 7) orally said that the rehabilitation and restorative care which are to be provided to her are of utmost importance. After the court was informed that the alleged assault was stated to...

Assessee Entitled To Interest On Refund Under Direct Tax 'Vivad Se Vishwas' Scheme: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court stated that the assessee is entitled to the interest on refund under Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme. “it is true that the assessee is not entitled to interest under Section 244A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, however, when the assessee has opted for direct tax for Vivad se Visvas Scheme 2020 and filed the application which was approved by...

Can A Semitrailer Which Is Connected To A Motor Vehicle, Be Subjected To Tax? Gujarat High Court To Consider State's Appeal

The Gujarat High Court will hear next week, the State's appeal against a 2014 order of a single judge which held that tax cannot be levied on a semi trailer, as the same does not qualify as a "motor vehicle" under the Motor Vehicle's Act, 1988. A semi trailer defined under the Motor Vehicles Act means a vehicle not mechanically propelled (other than a trailer), which is intended to be...

'Personally We Are All Victims To This': Gujarat HC Remarks In Plea Against Violation Of Noise Pollution Norms, Orders Framing Of Policy

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (March 5) issued notice on a plea alleging wilful disobedience of the directions issued by the high court, the Supreme Court as well as December 2019 notification concerning the issue of noise pollution.While listing the matter after four weeks, the court directed the respondent authorities to formulate a policy or mechanism for implementation of...

Manual Scavenging: Gujarat High Court Condemns 'Absolute Silence' By Municipality's Incharge On Action Taken On Death Of 2 Sanitation Workers

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (March 5) expressed its displeasure with the Chief Officer of Patdi Nagar Palika (Municipality) for the "absolute silence" on any action taken by the body after it became aware of the death of two sanitation workers– employed by a contractor, during manual scavenging. While perusing the officer's affidavit, the court said that the "ignorance" shown by...

Gujarat High Court Rejects 35-Year-Old Candidate's Plea For Age Relaxation To Participate In Civil Judges Recruitment Process

The Gujarat High Court refused to grant further age limit relaxation to a 35-year-old candidate who had applied in the civil judges recruitment process, noting that the same was not provided for in the Gujarat State Judicial Services Rules, 2005.The court was examining whether the candidate could have been granted the relaxation who claimed to be within the age limit on the first day of filing...

Gujarat High Court Stays Trial Against State BJP Minister Purshottambhai Solanki In ₹400 Crore Alleged Fisheries Scam

The Gujarat High Court stayed trial against BJP minister of state for fisheries Purshottambhai Odhavji Solanki, accused of awarding dams for breeding fishes to various persons without issuing tender as per policy and thereby allegedly getting "illegal financial benefits" to the tune of Rs 400 crores. The high court observed that the trial court proceeded to frame charges against Solanki when...

Industrial Disputes Act | Gujarat HC Quashes Order Referring Alleged Dispute Between Company & Foreign Personal Assistant To Labour Court

Quashing an order referring to the labour court an alleged dispute between a company and a female foreign national employed as a personal assistant–who had also levelled rape allegations, the Gujarat High Court said that there was no application of mind regarding a "prima facie opinion" on if an industrial dispute existed. Observing that the assistant labour commissioner's order was...

78 Adjournments, No Substantial Trial: Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To NDPS Accused Citing Prolonged Incarceration

The Gujarat High Court recently granted regular bail to a man booked in a case under the NDPS Act after observing that while the trial had not progressed substantially, the matter had been adjourned almost 78 times leading to “prolonged incarceration” and "blink hope of a speedy trial" in the case. In doing so the high court further noted that there were many NDPS cases pending before...