AHMEDABAD: An insurance company is liable to pay compensation in an accident case involving a truck driver without a proper licence if it fails to establish negligence on part of the vehicle owner in verifying the driver’s licence, Gujarat high court has ruled.The observation came while dismissing a petition by ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co…
NEW DELHI: Observing that a poem recited by Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi did not seem to be against any religion, Supreme Court on Monday asked the Gujarat govt “to apply its mind” to the poem and take a stand on the politician’s plea to quash criminal proceedings initiated against him in the state for hurting…
AHMEDABAD: Mohammed Irshad Ansari, a resident of Chartoda kabrastan in Gomtipur, knocked on the Gujarat high court‘s door to save his mother’s grave, which has been demarcated by the civic body for demolition along with variuos shops and residential units for road expansion.Ansari was among 41 petitioners who filed the petition in the HC. Rest…
The couple’s arranged marriage took place in 2018, as stated by the husband’s representative. AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court has served notice to a woman who obtained a divorce through a family court primarily citing cruelty because her husband’s sister had married outside their caste and this information was hidden from her. The couple’s arranged marriage…
AHMEDABAD: Depriving an employee of leave encashment earned by him is violation of constitutional rights, Gujarat high court said, dismissing a plea by Ahmedabad MC against a labour court’s order directing the civic body to pay leave encashment dues to a retired employee.Upholding labour court’s order, Justice M K Thakker said: “Leave encashment is akin…
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court called “prima facie strange and also shameful” invocation of charges under Posco Act in a case of sexual offence against a minor eight years after FIR was lodged and trial was nearing completion. This case is from Mehsana town, north Gujarat, where a 15-year-old lodged a complaint against four people…
AHMEDABAD: In an important judgment that could benefit 1.06 lakh women in Gujarat and over 24 lakh women across the country, the Gujarat high court has ruled that anganwadi workers (AWWs) and anganwadi helpers (AWHs) are entitled to be absorbed as “permanent employees holding civil posts” in the central or the state govts.Justice Nikhil Kariel…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal‘s plea challenging an order of the Gujarat high court refusing to quash summons in a defamation case over his remarks on PM Modi’s educational qualification.Noting that another SC bench earlier rejected a plea of AAP leader Sanjay Singh in the same case,…
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by a judge removed from service for ‘unsuitability’. Besides the matter of her unsuitability for service, which was the grounds for her termination, the judge was also suspected of having forged the resignation letters of two other judges. However, the HC order did not…
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court has issued summons to Bharatiya Janata Party MP from the Surat Lok Sabha constituency, Mukesh Dalal, over two petitions challenging his uncontested victory.The court of Justice JC Doshi issued summons to Dalal, directing him to respond by Aug 9, after the matter came up for hearing on July 25, the lawyer…
