Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: July 2025

Nominal Index [Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 90 to 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 119]State of Gujarat vs Unique Identification Authority of India, UIDAI, Govt. Of India & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 90Commissioner of Income Tax (International Taxation and transfer Pricing v. M/s Adani Wilmar Ltd. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 91Paschim Gujarat Vij. Co. Ltd. vs Mithabhai Nageshi Maheswari & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw...

Cop Dies During Appeal But Gujarat High Court Upholds His Conviction In 36 Yrs Old Custodial Death Case

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (August 14) upheld a sessions court order convicting a policeman for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the custodial death of a 22-year-old man in 1989. For Context, the incident took place in October 1989. The sessions case was registered in 1990 and the sessions court passed the conviction order and sentence in 2000. Justice Gita Gopi in her...

'Veer Parivar' Not Alone: Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Launches Legal Clinics To Aid Defence Personnel, Families

The Gujarat State Legal Services Authority (GSLSA) on Wednesday (August 13) virtually launched legal services clinic in 11 districts in the State under the aegis of the 'NALSA Veer Parivar Sahayata Yojana 2025', aimed to provide benefits to defence personnel, ex-servicemen and their family members. Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal who is also the Patron in Chief of GSLSA inaugurated the...

'Why Play With Client's Life?': Gujarat High Court Orally Criticizes Lawyer For 30 Non-Appearances In Senior Citizen's Plea

While hearing a senior citizen's plea seeking release of pension, the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (August 12) orally expressed its disapproval with the fact that the matter filed in January 2024 had been adjourned at least 30 times due to non-appearance of the petitioner's advocate. The court was hearing a man's plea seeking pension and gratuity benefits. When the matter was taken up...

Written Agreement Not Essential For Divorce By 'Mubaraat', Mutual Verbal Consent Of Muslim Couple Sufficient: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has ruled that under Muslim law, when a couple mutually decides to dissolve their marriage i.e. Mubaraat, they are at liberty to do so through mutual verbal consent without drawing up a written agreement. For context, under Muslim law process of Mubaraat refers to divorce/dissolution of marriage through mutual consent between the husband and wife. The court was hearing...

Devise Policy For Rehabilitating 'Silicosis' Affected Workers, Compensation To Kin Of Deceased: Gujarat High Court To State

The Gujarat High Court has directed the State government to devise a policy for overseeing rehabilitation of workers affected with Silicosis and to grant adequate compensation to the kin of those who died due to the disease, in view of the Supreme Court's directions. The court was hearing a plea regarding non compliance of directions contained in the Supreme Court's April 11, 2017 order on...

Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Fraudulently Availing Benefit Of Input Tax Credit Of Over ₹10 Crores

The Gujarat High Court granted bail to a man accused of fraudulently availing benefit of Input Tax Credit of over Rs.10 crores by allegedly showing fictitious transactions on record from companies whose GST registration came to be cancelled. The counsel for the GST authorities has opposed the application contending that the applicant herein initially created forged firms on the basis of...

Gujarat High Court Upholds Mass Transfer Of ESIC Doctors Challenged For Violating DOPT Guideline On Posting Of Spouses Near Each Other

The Gujarat High Court restored an order transferring nearly 500 doctors of Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), which was earlier set aside by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on the ground of violating DOPT guidelines regarding posting of spouses near each other. In doing so the court found no infirmity in the transfer order challenged on the ground that the respondent...

Gujarat High Court Refuses To Let Lawyer Withdraw Plea Allegedly Aimed At 'Browbeating' Charity Commissioner

The Gujarat High Court refused to permit withdrawal of a petition moved by a lawyer and a trust, after the State alleged that the petitioners had attempted to browbeat the charity commissioner by making certain allegations questioning the appointment which had already been upheld by the court.The court noted that the matter was not restricted to the present case but to instances where...

'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...