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TopicGujarat High Court

Topic: Gujarat High Court

Poor not afraid of Covid but of dying of starvation, says Gujarat HC, asks for ‘humane touch’

The HC has asked the advocate general and govt pleader to come up with concrete plans to alleviate the problems of the migrants.

Gujarat High Court declares BJP minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama 2017’s election as void

Congress candidate Ashwin Rathod alleged that Chudasama indulged in 'corrupt practice and breach of many of the mandatory instructions of the Election Commission'.

Why manual scavengers in India haven’t got their rights despite laws, judiciary intervention

The absence of a statutory obligation to provide sanitation services by state agencies creates a situation where the rights of manual scavengers hang in the air.

Asaram Bapu’s bail plea rejected by Supreme Court as trial in Gujarat assault case pending

The Supreme Court bench dismissed Asaram Bapu's bail plea and said the lower court will proceed with the trial in a sexual assault case lodged against him in Gujarat.

SC overturns Gujarat HC verdict acquitting 12 in BJP ex-minister Haren Pandya murder case

Haren Pandya, former Gujarat home minister in Narendra Modi's state cabinet, was shot dead on 26 March 2003 when he was on a morning walk.

Lawyers’ body moves SC against Modi govt for not elevating judge ‘disliked’ by PM, Shah

Plea by Gujarat lawyers’ body claims Modi govt withholding appointment of Justice Akil Kureshi as chief justice of Madhya Pradesh HC despite collegium approval.

SC grants bail to 4 rioters convicted in 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre

The rioting had taken place on February 28, 2002, in the Naroda Patiya area of Ahmedabad where a mob had killed 97 people.

Gujarat HC lawyers strike work over transfer of judge who ruled against Modi govt, Shah

Gujarat High Court lawyers allege Justice Akil Kureshi was being transferred to Bombay High Court because Modi govt 'disliked him'.

How a 22-year-old drug bust case has returned to haunt Modi critic & former IPS officer

Former Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt had claimed then CM Narendra Modi was complicit in the 2002 communal riots.

Supreme Court dismisses petition filed by the wife of arrested former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt

The petition challenged his arrest in a 22-year-old case of alleged planting of drugs to arrest an advocate.

On Camera

In Great Game for Kabul, India plays a patient hand. Multi-alignment to compartmentalisation

Pakistan’s reported air strikes on Kabul last night, coinciding with Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India, seem intended to send...

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.