Gujarat High Court

Supreme Court grants interim protection to activist Teesta Setalvad for 7 days

In a special sitting, a three-judge bench of Justices BR Gavai, AS Bopanna and Dipankar Datta stayed for seven days the order of the Gujarat High Court which asked her to surrender immediately while rejecting her regular bail plea

Two SC judges differ on granting interim protection to activist Teesta Setalvad, case referred to CJI

Gujarat High Court had directed Setalvad to surrender immediately. Till now, she was protected against coercive actions because of the Supreme Court's interim bail order of September 2022

‘Girls gave birth at 17, read Manusmriti’: What is this ancient text cited by Guj HC?

A Gujarat High Court judge invoked Manusmriti to support his remarks that girls used to get married at the age of 14-15 and give birth by 17 in the past while hearing the abortion plea of a minor rape survivor. This ancient legal text of Hinduism has been referred to by courts previously too

42 politicians lost membership of Parliament since 1988, maximum 19 in 14th Lok Sabha

Among major reasons behind their disqualification are changing political allegiances, for conduct unbecoming of a parliamentarian and after being convicted by a court for crimes that have a jail term of two years or more

Gujarat's Morbi bridge reopened without any prior approval: Civic body to high court

The affidavit, filed through Naran Kalabhai Muchhar, In-charge Chief Officer of Morbi Nagar Palika, stated that the Morbi Nagar Palika was not informed about the kind of repairing work undertaken by the company

Supreme Court upholds Gujarat High Court's decision to quash complaint against Shah Rukh Khan in the 2017 stampede case

The complainant, Jitendra Madhubhai Solanki, had filed a private complaint against Shah Rukh Khan before the judicial magistrate, first class, Vadodara, alleging that his presence at the Vadodara Railway Station led to the stampede.

Bengal teachers recruitment scam: ED attaches assets worth Rs 46 crore to former minister Partha Chatterjee, aide

The agency had seized Rs 49.80 crore cash, gold and other jewellery worth more than Rs 55 crore after it conducted raids in this case in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal

Gujarat trial court sentence 50 convicts to death in past eight month

In February 2022, a special court had sentenced to death 38 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blast case, sharply pushing up the number of people getting capital punishment by trial courts in the state this year

Gujarat: HC dismisses plea challenging closure of slaughterhouse during Jain festival

During the hearing, the petitioner pointed out that the same court had in December 2021 reminded the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation not to try and control the food habits of people

'Has Gujarat HC given such long adjournment before or...': SC on Teesta Setalvad bail plea

The Supreme Court posted the plea of Teesta Setalvad for further hearing on Friday. She was arrested for allegedly fabricating evidence to frame 'innocent people' in the 2002 Gujarat riots cases