Source: thehindu.com Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian Dinu Solanki and six others were on Thursday sentenced to lifeĀ imprisonmentĀ in connection with the brutal killing of a Right to Information (RTI) activist Amit Jethwa in 2010. The special Central Bureau of Investigation court had held the seven accused, including Mr. Solanki, guilty in the murder case
Source: newindianexpress.com AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court Wednesday said local authorities can prohibit owners of malls and multiplexes from collecting parking fee, under the provisions of the Comprehensive General Development Control Regulation 2017 (GDCR). A bench of Chief Justice Anant S Dave and Justice Biren Vaishnav said this in its order on an appeal filed by
Source: indiatoday.in The Supreme Court is scheduled on Friday to pronounce verdict on the appeals filed by CBI and the Gujarat government challenging the acquittal of 12 persons facing charges of murdering former state Home Minister Haren Pandya in 2003. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra will also pronounce judgement on a PIL filed
Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court on Thursday sought a reply from the state home and education department, and Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU), after a public interest litigation questioning the ‘Centre of Excellence’ tag granted to the varsity by the state government came up for hearing. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice AS
Source: dnaindia.com As the waste dumping yard at Pirana continues to be a major source of air pollution in the city, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the state government to deposit Rs 75 crore in an escrow account to clear the site. The NGT pulled up State and civic authorities, saying concrete steps need
Source: indianexpress.com The two accused persons, who were on the motorcycle at the time of the shooting – one Rinku Rampal and another Ali – are absconding and the additional public prosecutor argued that it will be dificult to secure Ansari, if released on bail. Pending final disposal of a criminal appeal at the Gujarat
Source: dnaindia.com Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani has moved the Gujarat High Court for quashing of an FIR registered against him for sharing a video on Twitter of a student being mercilessly beaten up by a teacher and ‘wrongly’ claiming that the video belongs to RM and VM Desai Sarvajanik Vidyalaya in Valsad. The video was
Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday expressed its unhappiness on the state government for its failure to take steps to abolish the inhumane practice of manual scavenging. The government was supposed to file a detailed reply on Wednesday clarifying whether manual scavenging is still prevalent in the state, or not, and what actions
Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) and Bar Council of Gujarat (BCG) to come up with a mechanism for ascertaining the competency of lawyers in conducting cases before the court. The direction came from the division bench of Acting Chief Justice AS Dave and Justice Biren
Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court, on Thursday, stayed a condition prescribed in a government resolution dated May 20 whereby it has decided to terminate the contracts of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) employees and place them under private agencies, to whom the work has been outsourced the work. The court also
