Gujarat High Court
Heart Attack At Workplace Not Automatically 'Employment Injury', Must Show Nexus With Death: Gujarat High Court Denies Benefit Under ESI Act
Quashing a compensation order in favour of the kin of a mechanic who died of a heart attack at work, the Gujarat High Court said that heart attack may not automatically amount to an employment injury under ESI Act unless nexus is proved between the employee's death and the injury which must arise "out of and during" the course of employment. Referring to Section 2(8) Employees' State...
27 Years On, Gujarat High Court Upholds Acquittal In NDPS Case; Says Prosecution Case "Utterly Flawed" Despite Commercial Quantity Drugs
The Gujarat High Court upheld trial court's 1999 order acquitting three persons in an NDPS case, remarking that despite alleged involvement of commercial quantity of drugs the prosecution's case was so utterly flawed that it raised serious doubt on the nature of investigation conducted. In doing so the court said that neither the owner of the premises from where the contraband was allegedly recovered was not examined nor was the person who took the place on rent added as an accused. This,...
Gujarat High Court Quashes Man's Death Penalty In Double-Murder Case, Says Trial Court Verdict Based On Conjectures
The Gujarat High Court set aside death penalty awarded to a man convicted in a double-murder case, after observing that the prosecution had failed to prove the circumstances with "clinching evidence" and the trial court had delivered a guilty verdict based on surmises and conjectures disregarding law.The accused was convicted by the trial court for the murder of a woman's husband and...
Gujarat High Court Denies Bail To College Professor Accused Of Seeking Sexual Favours From Student, Cites Incriminating Chats
The Gujarat High Court denied bail to a college professor accused of sexually harassing, sending inappropriate messages on WhatsApp and making inappropriate sexual demands from his student.Justice Nikhil S Kariel in his order referred to documents on record as well as the charge-sheet papers including the statement of the victim under Section 183 of the BNSS and said that the court was...
After 9 Failed Attempts, Gujarat High Court Rejects UPSC Aspirant's Belated Challenge To Scribe System For 'Compensatory Attempt'
The Gujarat High Court dismissed a man's plea against alleged in-built flaws in the procedure for availing scribe facility for the UPSC Civil Services Exam, after noting that the petitioner had continued to appear in the exam, exhausted the maximum number of attempts and after being unsuccessful in all of them, could not question the procedure any longer.The petitioner, who appeared in...
Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 06 - April 12, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 106 - 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 113Nominal IndexArvindSingh GangaSingh Solanki v/s State of Gujarat & Batch, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 106X v/s State of Gujarat & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 107Yusufbhai Jivanbhai Patel @ Mahendrabhai Jivabhai Vasava & Ors. v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 108Jayesh Batukhai Patel (Vanani) v/s State of Gujarat & Ors.,...
Gujarat High Court Directs Inclusion Of Voter In Municipal Roll, Cites 'Digitally Signed Acknowledgement' Of Inclusion In Assembly Roll
The Gujarat High Court directed the State Election Commission to include a man's name in the electoral roll enabling him to vote in the upcoming Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Elections, noting that his application form for inclusion in the State Assembly List consisted of a "digital signature acknowledging the filing of the form". The court was hearing a man's petition seeking a direction...
Merely Possessing An LLB Degree No Ground To Refuse Maintenance To Divorced Wife: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court recently observed that merely because a divorced wife possesses an LL.B degree, the same cannot be a ground to refuse her maintenance.A bench of Justice Hasmukh D Suthar made this observation while upholding a Family Court order directing a husband to pay Rs 10,000 per month to his divorced wife.The bench, however, dismissed the wife's revision application...
State Election Commission Can't Delete Voter's Name From Municipal Roll, Can Only Replicate Assembly List: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has said that State Election Commission does not exercise any independent right over inclusion or deletion of names from its electoral rolls, and it only is empowered to replicate the electoral roll of the Assembly constituencyIn doing so, it granted relief to a woman whose request for inclusion in the roll to participate in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections...
Gujarat High Court Grants Bail In 2021 Mundra Drug Bust Case, Flags 'Inordinate Delay' By NIA In Trial Despite SC Orders
The Gujarat High Court granted bail to a man booked in a case over seizure of 2,988 kg heroin consignment in Mundra port in 2021, observing that despite timeline to conduct the trial given by the Supreme Court the prosecution agency NIA could not ensure deposition of all witnesses relevant to the accused. This, the court said, established that there had been an "inordinate delay" in the...
JJB, Children's Court Must Give Reasons For Denying Bail: Gujarat High Court Directs Release Of Teenager Booked In Murder Case
The Gujarat High Court granted bail to a child-in-conflict with law booked along with other CCLs for murder of another minor boy, after noting that the Juvenile Justice Board as well as the appellate court/children's court did not give reasons for rejecting the bail plea.It further noted that both the JJB and the appellate court had dealt with the CCL's bail plea not as one under section 12...
'Legal, Ethical Duty To Maintain Wife & Kids': Gujarat High Court Upholds Husband's 660-Day Jail Term Over Failure To Pay Maintenance
The Gujarat High Court upheld an order directing a husband to undergo imprisonment of 660 days for failing to pay maintenance to his wife and children, after noting that the husband had himself surrendered before the court stating that he was unable to pay the maintenance amount. In doing so the court said that it is the husband's legal and ethical duty to maintain his wife and provide...