AHMEDABAD: Gujarat HC has upheld the acquittal of six individuals in the killing of three British nationals of Indian origin near Prantij in Sabarkantha district during the 2002 riots. A special SIT court in Himmatnagar had exonerated the accused citing lack of evidence on Feb 27, 2015. HC comprising justices A Y Kogje and S…
Rape convict Asaram Bapu’s bail extended by 3 months on medical grounds (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Gujarat High Court on Friday extended self-proclaimed godman Asaram Bapu’s temporary bail by three months in a rape case, citing medical reasons. The 86-year-old, who is serving a life sentence in Jodhpur Central Jail, has been granted…
Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday questioned Gujarat police for lodging an FIR against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi over a social media post with a poem, ‘Ae khoon ke pyase baat suno (those who are bloodthirsty listen to us)’. The piece is about promoting non-violence and is not related to any…
AHMEDABAD: A city sessions court here on Saturday permitted the state govt to withdraw the sedition case filed 10 years ago against BJP MLA Hardik Patel and his four associates during the Patidar quota agitation in 2015.The detection of crime branch (Ahmedabad) filed an FIR against Hardik, then convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS),…
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…
