Tag: Gujarat High Court

‘Compulsory community service’ at Covid-19 centres for those not wearing masks, rules Gujarat high court

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com In a bid to control the Covid-19 situation in Gujarat, the high court on Wednesday ordered that those not found wearing masks will have to serve a “compulsory community service” at Covid-19 care centres, news agency ANI has reported. The Gujarat high court, the agency further said, directed the state government to pass a

Bombay High Court: Mere accusing or publishing news against cops won’t incite disaffection for the force

Source:-https://www.freepressjournal.in In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court said that mere allegations of criminal activity against a police officer and news report on the same would not incite anyone to act against the force or the government. The HC made the observation while refusing to quash an FIR registered against a police inspector in

Online gaming: Govt losing revenues big time by not regulating real money gaming market, say startups

Source:-https://www.financialexpress.com Governed by the Public Gambling Act (PGA) 1867, online games involving real money transactions have more or less remained in a legal quagmire for years now. This is despite the gradual rise in its popularity and addiction among users, to an extent, on the back of digital gaming platforms that have cropped up in

Gujarat HC becomes first state apex court to live-stream proceedings on Youtube

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Gujarat High Court on Monday became the first high court in the country to live-stream its court proceedings on Youtube in order to enhance access to courts, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic The first day of live streaming saw 1,500 viewers watching the proceedings. Like other high courts, the Gujarat HC

Feroze sells house to Firoz; matter in Gujarat HC

source:-https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com AHMEDABAD: The Shakespearean saying ‘What’s in a name?’ would rather not apply in this case of property sale which hinges entirely on the name alone. A Parsi man, Feroze Falibhai Contractor, has been accused of projecting himself as a Muslim by suppressing his Parsi religious identity in selling his property to a Muslim, Firoz

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