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TopicGujarat High Court

Topic: Gujarat High Court

Jaymin Patel vs UPSC: The 2.06-mark fight that reached the Supreme Court

One UPSC question, 2 marks and a year-long legal battle.

2008 Ahmedabad blasts verdict analysed: Why Gujarat HC upheld death penalty for 38 convicts

The 2,223-page judgment details the planning, terror camps, hospital bombings & legal reasoning that led it to uphold death sentences for 38 convicts.

Brothers can claim road accident compensation even if not financially dependent—Gujarat HC

Upholding a tribunal's award, the Gujarat HC ruled that brothers qualify as legal representatives and can seek accident compensation despite living separately and being financially independent.

Yatin Oza conviction: Lawyer called Gujarat HC a gambling den, got rare ‘act of forgiveness’ from SC

Central to the Court's reasoning was an extensive meditation on the foundational relationship between the Bar and the Bench.

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.

On Camera

Inequality reduced as Mohenjo-daro urbanised, says UK study. It ignores Harappan villages

A recent study by researchers in the UK proposes that inequality declined in Mohenjo-daro with the rise of urbanisation roughly 5,000 years ago.

Same X-ray, different skeleton: Inside India’s $766 billion forex reserves

Critical issue is whether a country’s assets comfortably exceed its liabilities and timing of these obligations. RBI’s data allows for a precise evaluation of this criterion.

C-130J-30 vs C-390: Lockheed lays out its case for India’s medium transport aircraft deal

The American aerospace major is competing with Embraer for what is the largest military transport aircraft contract, seeking to replace the ageing AN 32s and the IL-76 operated by the IAF.

Since Indira, govts drift in the 3rd year. Modi must restore EC image to get out of it

Gyanesh Kumar has now become the second most unforgettable among our 26 CECs. He obviously didn’t seek this ‘fame’. But he can’t shake it off.