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TopicGujarat High Court

Topic: Gujarat High Court

In departure from many past court orders, Gujarat HC flags bodily autonomy in a marital rape case

The high court has upheld a trial court's denial of anticipatory bail to a man, whose wife has accused him and her in-laws of rape, unnatural sex, and physical assault, calling her accusations 'serious'.

Why retired Army officer reached Gujarat High Court for tax exemption on disability pension

This was after the veteran did not get help from I-T principal commissioner for refunding taxes related to his disability pension between the assessment years 2006-2007 & 2018-2019.

Why Gujarat HC gave ‘no leeway’ to ‘celebrity’ Yusuf Pathan, junking his plea in land encroachment case

The ex-cricketer & TMC MP had challenged Vadodara Municipal Corporation's notice issued last year, which had asked him to vacate the govt-owned plot he had occupied since 2012.

25 witnesses hostile, key witness not credible — HC order acquitting ex-MP, others in Jethwa murder

Gujarat HC has overturned trial court order of life term to BJP leader & 6 others for murder of Amit Jethwa in 2010. It said there was no credible evidence connecting them to murder.

How ‘Seven Angry Women’, an Insta handle, opened a can of worms at Gujarat National Law University

After anonymous posts on the handle highlighted students' allegations of rape, hate speech & queerphobia, Gujarat HC has called for 'high-level inquiry' into affairs of college, its faculty.

‘Act of murder’ — Gujarat HC order upholding ex cop Sanjiv Bhatt’s conviction in custodial torture case

In 2019, sessions court convicted ex IPS officer Bhatt and constable Pravinsinh Zala in 1990 custodial torture and murder case of a person who had been arrested following communal violence.

Amid debate on marital rape, Gujarat HC’s scathing remarks — ‘rape is rape, this silence must be broken’

Court made strong remarks as it rejected bail plea of woman accused of abetting daughter-in-law's sexual abuse at the hands of her son, saying she 'played equal role as other accused'.

‘I was wrong’ — Gujarat HC judge apologises to colleague after public outburst in court

Live stream of court’s proceedings captured Justice Biren Vaishnav shouting at Justice Mauna Bhatt while hearing a matter as they appeared to disagree over what order to pass, Monday.

SC grants bail to Teesta Setalvad, reverses Gujarat HC’s ‘perverse, contradictory’ order

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday granted bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad who is facing charges of falsifying evidence in a 2002 post-Godhra...

‘Disappointing but not unexpected,’ says Congress on HC upholding Rahul’s conviction in defamation case

Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi calls series of complaints filed against Rahul Gandhi an 'orchestrated political campaign', says party leader will move SC against Gujarat HC order.

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Modern lovers don’t kiss and tell. Only ChatGPT knows the relationship problems

The kids these days reject TMI. Welcome to emotional minimalism: Share less, reveal slowly, and only when the relationship can withstand public scrutiny.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.