Thirty-one persons convicted in the 2002 Sardarpura riot case of Mehsana district on Monday withdrew their regular bail plea from the Gujarat high court.
The Gujarat high court quashed a First Information Report filed against member of Parliament Vitthal Radadia for allegedly brandishing his gun at a toll booth in Karjan after the complainant said he "did not wish to pursue the case".
The Gujarat high court on Monday stayed all proceedings against suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in connection with a complaint filed against him for furnishing false information with intention of evading summons in the case pertaining to the alleged wrongful confinement of a police constable.
In a setback to the Narendra Modi government, the Gujarat high court, in a majority decision, on Wednesday upheld the appointment of Lokayukta by the Governor while dismissing the plea of the state challenging it.
The Gujarat government on Thursday approached the Supreme Court challenging the state high court order upholding the appointment of Justice R A Mehta as the Lokayukta by the governor.
The Gujarat high court on Monday disposed of a petition seeking re-investigation in the murder of former Gujarat minister Haren Pandya on the ground that an appeal in this regard was pending with the Supreme Court.
The former Congress leader had sought more time, till January 30, to surrender saying he has to settle family affairs related to children and property and also needs time to file appeal in the Supreme Court against the high court verdict.
The bench recorded that Pandey, in the letter, expressed willingness to step down and urged the state government to revoke the notification appointing him till April 30.
Former Gujarat minister and life-term convict in Naroda Patiya riot case Maya Kodnani has applied for bail before the Gujarat high court on medical grounds.
The Gujarat high court on Friday took a strong view of the slow pace of the Central Bureau of Investigation's probe in Ishrat Jehan fake encounter case of 2004.
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing on a petition challenging the probe by Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team into Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 62 others' alleged involvement in 2002 post-Godhra riots till July 17.
Gujarat high court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest challenging the state government's decision to give further extension to Justice G T Nanavati Commission, inquiring the 2002 post-Godhra riots cases.
The Supreme Court on Friday admitted the petition filed by the key witness in the case.
Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel, arrested by the city crime branch on the charges of sedition and waging war against the government, on Monday filed a plea in the Gujarat high court seeking to have the first information report against him quashed.
The Gujarat High Court on Friday relieved Satyapal Singh as chief of Special Investigation Team probing the Ishrat Jahan encounter case and appointed senior Indian Police Service officer J V Ramudu as his successor.
The Wire argued that the lower court's order prohibiting it from publishing any article related to Jay Shah was a curtailment of the Constitutional freedom of speech and expression.
The Narendra Modi government was on Wednesday issued a contempt notice by the Gujarat high court for not complying with its order regarding compensation to victims of the 2002 riots whose shops were destroyed.
Justice Ajay Khanvilkar disposed off the anticipatory bail application of Setalvad and her associate, Rais Khan, after the Gujarat government informed the court that they had not filed an FIR against them.
In a setback to the Narendra Modi government, the Gujarat high court on Thursday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the 2004 fake encounter case of teenager Ishrat Jahan and three others and held that the Gujarat police does not instill confidence among the victims.
The Gujarat high court on Tuesday allowed CBI's plea for shifting out IPS officer Satish Verma from the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case probe as it directed the agency conclude its investigation and file its charge sheet by July 4.
A bench, comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justice Aniruddha Bose, did not agree to the submission that the project in Lutyens' Delhi needed to be stayed as the government bodies were to approach the authorities concerned for clearance and other formalities. 'Nobody is going to do anything' during the COVID-19 pandemic, said the bench.
Justice A S Dave of Gujarat High Court on Thursday declined to hear the petition of the Special Investigation Team challenging anticipatory bail granted to state minister Maya Kodnani and former Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Jaydeep Patel in the 2002 post Godhra riot cases in Gujarat.
The high court also upheld the trial court order convicting two on charges of murder and acquitted another accused Devabhai Samatbhai Bharwad.
"After the order, GUDA has started the work of reopening the shops," advocate for the shop owners Pinakin Rawal said.
Special CBI Judge S J Sharma ruled the prosecution has failed to put forth any "documentary and substantive evidence" to suggest or establish the alleged conspiracy.
The high court had on Friday allowed the Special Investigation Team to go ahead with the investigations in the riots cases and question the chief minister who had so far had avoided joining the investigations.
Gujarat high court on Friday rapped the Central Bureau of Investigation for delay in filing its charge sheet in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case, asking it to ascertain the genuineness of the encounter instead of focusing on IB inputs and trying to figure out whether those killed were terrorists or not.
In the late 1990s, the Gujarat government had issued a policy allowing deferment of sales tax/VAT up to a certain amount, with the benefit capped for a period not exceeding 17 years. Projects with investment over Rs 1,000 crore could be eligible for the tax benefit. A deferment benefit on sale tax means a dealer is allowed to postpone the payment of tax on purchase of raw materials sales of products for a fixed period or/and up to a specific monetary limit.
Suspended Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Thursday got relief as the Gujarat high court quashed a lower court's order in the 1990 case of alleged police atrocity, and directed that Bhatt's revision petition be decided in six weeks.
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued notice to state minister Maya Kodnani on an application filed by the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team for cancellation of her anticipatory bail in the 2002 Naroda Patia riot case.
Justice J B Pardiwala while upholding the lower court order rejected admission of the petition.
Justice D H Vaghela dismissed the petition filed by former BJP MLA Kalu Malivad (one of the 62) stating that no relief could be granted in the case as the SIT was directly working under the supervision of the Supreme Court.
The Gujarat high court on Friday constituted a new special investigations team comprising three Indian Police Services officers to probe the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.
Justices M R Shah and K S Jhaveri ordered, "Not before me", withdrawing themselves from hearing appeals of around 29 convicts.
Congress on Wednesday used the Gujarat high court order on Lokayukta to attack Chief Minister Narendra Modi, saying the verdict was another judicial confirmation of his "hypocrisy" and the "double standards" of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Three Gujarat police officers, heldfor their complicity in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case and subsequent killing of his wife Kausarbi, on Monday appealed to the Bombay high court for bail.
The Gujarat high court on Monday rejected the Special Investigation Team's plea seeking cancellation of bail of Babu Bajrangi, former Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader and an accused in the 2002 Naroda Patiya and Naroda Gam riot cases. The petition by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team, filed in August last year, was rejected by Justice R H Shukla.
The Gujarat high court on Wednesday termed the 2002 post-Godhra riots as a result of "negligence of the state" and censured the state government for "inaction", holding that it led to an "anarchic" situation.
Suspended Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt has approached the Gujarat high court to quash a complaint filed against him for allegedly furnishing a false information with intention to evade summons. The petition filed on Tuesday is likely to come up for hearing next week.
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