Tag: Gujarat High Court

We must respect all religions

Source:-https://indicanews.com Justice Markandey Katju-I have often been asked which judgment of mine I regard the most important, and I usually refer to Hinsa Virodhak Sangh vs Mirzapur Moti Koresh Jamaat ( see online ) which I delivered in the Supreme Court in 2008. There was a lot of criticism of this judgment, and till this

12 Gujarat High Court Employees Test Positive For COVID-19; No Hearings Till September 16

Source:-ndtv The High Court asked the civic body to sanitise the court premises, including the auditorium, bank, post office and court rooms, it was stated. Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court has suspended proceedings and shut down its premises till September 16, as 12 of its employees have tested positive for coronavirus, an official said on

Bullet train: SC agrees to hear farmers’ pleas against land acquisition.

Source – business-standard.com The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a batch of pleas filed by farmers against the Gujarat High Court verdict which had dismissed their petitions challenging the process of land acquisition for the ambitious Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project.The bullet train project was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in September 2017. The train

Centre clears Justice Kureshi appointment as Chief Justice of Tripura High Court.

Source – thehindu.com The government is learnt to have cleared the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation to appoint Justice A.A. Kureshi as the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court. The Collegium had initially in May recommended Justice Kureshi for appointment as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. But the government, in back-to-back letters on August

Gujarat: In Surendranagar, 400 herders return home four years after fleeing villages.

Source – FOUR YEARS after they fled their homes following conflict with another group, more than 400 members of the herdsmen community returned to their villages in Thangadh taluka of Surendranagar district amid heavy police presence Monday. The Gujarat High Court on October 25 directed the Surendrangar district administration to facilitate the process after one

Gujarat Cricket Association while conducting International Matches is not engaged in Commercial Activity: Gujarat High Court.

Source – taxscan.in The Ahmedabad bench of the Gujarat High Court in the case of Director of Income Tax v Gujarat Cricket Association ruling in favour of the assessee held the assessee society to be engaged in charitable activity and not in an activity of commercial nature. Further that once a certificate for registration has

Supreme Court to hear plea on Akil Kureshi.

Source – telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday an appeal of the Gujarat High Court Advocates’ Association seeking a directive to the Centre to implement the collegium’s decision to elevate Justice Akil Kureshi, a Bombay High Court judge, as Chief Justice of Tripura High Court. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice

DRI notices to exporters after SC stays HC’s incentive scheme order

Source: business-standard.com The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has started sending notices to exporters after the Supreme Court stayed the Gujarat High Court order on availing an export-intensive scheme. The notices were issued to exporters in Mumbai, and Kolkata among other places in the country, said businesses and experts. The Supreme Court recently stayed the Gujarat High

Gujarat High Court disposes petitions against Alpesh Thakor and Dhavalsinh Zala

Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court on Monday directed Speaker Rajendra Trivedi to expeditiously decide on the disqualification application moved by Congress against turncoats Alpesh Thakor and Dhavalsinh Zala, preferably within November 2. The direction came from the division bench of Justice SR Brahmbhatt and Justice VP Patel in connection with petitions filed by Congress