New Delhi: During the ongoing session of Parliament, Arjun Ram Meghwal, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Law and Justice, provided detailed information regarding vacancies in the judiciary. In response to a query in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister informed that 20 judge positions remain vacant in the Gujarat High Court, while 535 vacancies exist in district and subordinate courts across the state. The reply of the Minister states: The detailed statement of vacant p...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Thursday, November 21, while hearing a petition challenging the state government’s decision to introduce teachings from the Bhagavad Gita in schools. The court observed orally that the teachings are rooted in morality and culture, rather than religion. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi, was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) against a 2022 resolution issued by the state education department. The ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court today granted permission to a 27-year-old rape victim to terminate her pregnancy. The petition was filed by the victim on Monday after she reported the crime and was examined at the hospital, where it was determined that she was 16 weeks pregnant. She requested the High Court’s approval for an abortion under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, which allows abortions up to 24 weeks. Justice Sanjeev Thaker ordered a re-examination and sought expert o...Read More

Ahmedabad: The state government informed the Gujarat High Court on Friday that a new training facility for newly recruited police personnel is currently under construction in Kathlal, Kheda district. In an affidavit submitted by the IGP (Administration), it was mentioned that this new training facility will accommodate 2,500 trainees and will serve as the sixth state-level training center for the police department in Gujarat. The affidavit also noted that discussions are ongoing to explore th...Read More

Ahmedabad: A parcel of land from a closed textile mill was auctioned after over 35 years since its liquidation. However, more than 60% of former mill workers passed away before receiving any compensation. On Tuesday, the Gujarat High Court approved the sale of 58,000 square yards of Aryoday Spinning & Weaving Mills Co Ltd’s land in Asarwa to Devbhoomi Agrifresh Pvt Ltd for Rs 82 crore. Competing bids included Rs 81 crore from Bhagyalaxmi Corporation and Rs 70.27 crore from Arham Develop...Read More

Ahmedabad: Senior Assistant Editor at The Hindu newspaper, Mahesh Langa, on Monday sought to withdraw his petition before the Gujarat High Court, which challenged the magistrate court’s 10-day remand order in a GST fraud case against him. Although the court granted his request, it questioned the 'hue and cry' surrounding the matter. The case was heard before the single bench of Justice Sandeep Bhatt, where Langa's counsel informed the court that he had instructions to withdraw the petition,...Read More

Ahmedabad: The swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed judges, Sanjeev Jayendra Thacker, Diptendra Narayan Rai, and Maulik Jitendra Shelat, took place at the Gujarat High Court today. The Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court, Sunita Agarwal, administered the oath of office to the newly appointed judges. The ceremony, held in the First Court of the Gujarat High Court, was attended by other sitting judges, Advocate General Kamalbhai Trivedi, senior lawyers, and court officers. It is noteworth...Read More

Ahemdabad: The Gujarat High Court recently dismissed a petition requesting the Election Commission (EC) to conduct a by-election for the Visavadar assembly seat, which has been vacant since the resignation of its sitting MLA ten months ago. In its October 4 ruling, the court stated that a by-election in this constituency cannot occur due to a pending petition from a losing candidate contesting the results against the winning nominee. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal an...Read More

New Delhi: The Central Government has announced the appointment of three lawyers as Judges of the Gujarat High Court. The appointed advocates are Sanjeev Jayendra Thaker, Deeptendra Narayan Ray, and Maulik Jitendra Shelat. The press communiqué from the Ministry of Law and Justice of the central government stated, "In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President of India, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, vide notificat...Read More

Ahmedabad: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Gujarat High Court requesting the court to instruct the Election Commission of India (ECI) to hold the pending by-election for the Visavadar assembly constituency. One Kailashbhai Savaliya, a member of the Jamka taluka panchayat affiliated with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has filed this plea, stating that AAP candidate Bhupendra Bhayani won the assembly election in Visavadar in December 2022 but resigned from his position in D...Read More