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Transfer DCP for impartial probe into assault, public parading of accused in Surat: Gujarat HC

Transfer DCP for impartial probe into assault, public parading of accused in Surat: Gujarat HC

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Ahmedabad, The Gujarat High Court on Friday observed that the deputy commissioner of police who allegedly slapped and beat handcuffed accused persons in public in Surat must be immediately transferred to ensure an impartial probe into the incident. Transfer DCP for impartial probe into assault, public parading of accused in Surat: Gujarat HC A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice DN Ray took up a suo motu PIL over the July 14 incident, after taking cognisance of a written complaint filed by a lawyer. The case stems from an incident in which a deputy commissioner of police and a group of policemen were allegedly seen in video footage parading the handcuffed accused persons publicly and subjecting them to repeated physical assault. The government pleader informed the bench that the issue had come to the attention of the Director General of Police, who ordered an inquiry under the assistant commissioner of police , and statements of all people identified in the videos have been recorded. Chief Justice Agarwal, in her oral remarks, observed …

Gujarat HC upholds death penalty for 38 in 2008 Ahmedabad blasts case

Gujarat HC upholds death penalty for 38 in 2008 Ahmedabad blasts case

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The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld a special order that pronounced death sentences for 38 operatives of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) and life imprisonment for 11 others in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, which claimed 56 lives. The special court’s February 2022 order marked the first time that so many convicts had been handed down the death sentence by any court at one go.   The convicts include Safdar Nagori, former leader of the banned outfit Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), and his associates. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: …

Ahmedabad 2008 serial blasts: Hunt continues for IM commanders on NIA Most Wanted List | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad 2008 serial blasts: Hunt continues for IM commanders on NIA Most Wanted List | Ahmedabad News

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4 min readRajkotUpdated: Jul 8, 2026 02:42 AM IST NEARLY 17 years after blasts ripped through Ahmedabad City, killing 56 people and injuring hundreds more, many already in hospital premises, even as the Gujarat High Court  (HC) on Tuesday upheld the trial court’s order of death sentence for 38 convicts and life imprisonment for 11 of them, three high ranking members of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) continue to evade the authorities who, in turn, are still pursuing them. The Gujarat Police had, in December 2022, nine months after the trial court verdict in this case, announced rewards of Rs 2 lakh each for anyone stepping forward to give credible information leading to the arrest of four absconders accused in the 2008 serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad. Of the 77 arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, Gujarat Police, 49 were convicted by the trial court in February 2022. Of these, 38 convicts were given the death sentence and 11 were handed down life sentences by the court. This was confirmed by the Gujarat HC on July …

Registration without rituals, ceremonies doesn’t validate Hindu marriage: Gujarat high court

Registration without rituals, ceremonies doesn’t validate Hindu marriage: Gujarat high court

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The Gujarat High Court has ruled that registration alone cannot validate a Hindu marriage if customary rites and ceremonies, like ‘saptapadi’, are not performed. The HC referred to section 7 of the Hindu Marriage Act, which provides that a Hindu marriage may be solemnised in accordance with the customary rites and ceremonies, such as saptapadi, to render the marriage complete and binding. (Representative/ Unsplash) The customary ceremonies, despite their geographical and cultural variations, are believed to purify and transform the spiritual being of an individual, the HC said in its June 23 order. It passed the verdict while deciding on an appeal filed by a UK-based man challenging the decision of a family court that had refused to declare an alleged marriage between the parties as void. While quashing the family court’s order passed in November last year, the division bench of Justices Ilesh Vora and R T Vachhani said in its order, the copy of which was made available Monday, that the performance of essential ceremonies like saptapadi is the foundation of a Hindu …

Decide in 6 months remission plea of LeT operative sentenced to life: Gujarat HC

Decide in 6 months remission plea of LeT operative sentenced to life: Gujarat HC

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The Gujarat High Court has directed the state government to decide within six months the remission plea of a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Shahnawaz Bhatti, who is serving a life term after being arrested with 22 kg of RDX in 2001. Justice Mengdey passed the direction on June 17 after being informed that the opinion of the Jail Advisory Committee had been sought on Bhatti’s request Justice MR Mengdey passed the direction on June 17 after being informed that the opinion of the Jail Advisory Committee had been sought on Bhatti’s remission application. “Having regard to these aspects, the concerned authority shall take an appropriate decision, in accordance with law, with regard to grant of remission to the petitioner, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt of the order,” justice Mengdey said. Bhatti, a Pakistani national, was arrested near the Kutch border in 2001, along with 22 kg of RDX, an AK-56 assault rifle, and ammunition. Investigators alleged that he had infiltrated India as part of a Lashkar-e-Taiba …

‘Bad, illegal & violative’: Gujarat HC slams retrospective use of 2023 Exam Anti-Cheating Law in 2017 | Ahmedabad News

‘Bad, illegal & violative’: Gujarat HC slams retrospective use of 2023 Exam Anti-Cheating Law in 2017 | Ahmedabad News

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4 min readVadodaraMay 21, 2026 12:22 AM IST STATING THAT invoking an Act in retrospective effect was “bad, illegal and violative” of the fundamental rights of an accused, the Gujarat High Court recently quashed charges under the Gujarat Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2023, against an accused who allegedly allowed a dummy candidate to appear on his behalf in a 2017 examination for the post of Junior Clerk – held six years before the law came into existence. Justice Vimal Vyas of the Gujarat HC was hearing a petition filed  by Mahesh Chauhan, who was booked under the 2023 Act for the incident that dates back to 2017, in which Chauhan is accused of having arranged for a dummy candidate, named Kalpesh Jani, to appear on his behalf in the examination conducted on February 12, 2017 for the posts of Junior Clerk. Contending that he was not named in the original FIR filed at Bhavnagar police station, which was registered in 2023 – 11 years after the date of the similar alleged offence …

How a ‘flipped map’ and 12-day land deal led to a Rs 13.9 crore ‘concerted fraud’ on the Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway

How a ‘flipped map’ and 12-day land deal led to a Rs 13.9 crore ‘concerted fraud’ on the Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway

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5 min readVadodaraApr 27, 2026 08:02 PM IST A flipped map, a lightning-fast non-agricultural conversion, and a land sale completed in days — what looked like routine paperwork slowly unravelled into a high-stakes land puzzle, one that the Gujarat High Court would later call a “concerted fraud” on public money. Finding that private landowners and government authorities, including officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), “colluded to siphon off the public money in a concerted manner”, the High Court cancelled the acquisition of ‘additional land’ for the Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway and directed the Chairman, NHAI, to initiate fresh, high-level inquiries into the conduct of erring officials. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice D N Ray of the Gujarat High Court were hearing petitions filed by two private purchasers of the contentious lands, who had sought release of NHAI compensation for the ‘additional land’, subsequently acquired by the highway authority as well as a petition filed by the NHAI alleging a coordinated fraud involving landowners and officials. The case pertains to …

Gujarat HC bars AI use for adjudication, verdicts| India News

Gujarat HC bars AI use for adjudication, verdicts| India News

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The Gujarat high court on Saturday issued a policy regulating the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in judicial and court administration, stating that AI cannot be used for adjudication processes, including judicial decision-making, drafting of judgments or orders and evaluation of evidence, holding judges personally responsible for all orders and judgments issued in their names. Gujarat HC bars AI use for adjudication, verdicts The policy titled ‘Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Judicial and Court Administration’, stated that while artificial intelligence can improve efficiency, research and administrative functioning, the core function of adjudication, must remain with judges. “The core of adjudication, the weighing of evidence, interpretation of law, application of legal principles to facts, exercise of discretion, and delivery of reasoned decisions belongs exclusively to the domain of the human mind,” it stated. The policy stated the prohibition of using AI for judicial decision-making, judicial reasoning, order or judgment drafting, bail or sentencing considerations, interpretation of facts, weighing of arguments, determination of rights and liabilities, interim orders or final judgments. Additionally, the policy …

‘Harsh and obdurate approach’: Gujarat HC quashes ‘insensitive’ family court order on child custody and access | Ahmedabad News

‘Harsh and obdurate approach’: Gujarat HC quashes ‘insensitive’ family court order on child custody and access | Ahmedabad News

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4 min readVadodaraMar 26, 2026 10:48 AM IST Expressing “utter surprise” and calling a family court’s approach “inhuman” and “unfathomable”, the Gujarat High Court Monday set aside an order directing a woman to remain in court for six hours every Thursday with her two-and-a-half-year-old son to facilitate access to his grandfather, observing that “children are not mere chattels or playthings for parents.” The single judge bench of Justice J C Doshi was hearing a petition filed by the woman, challenging the September 2025 order of the Dhrol-Jodia Family Court that passed directions to her based on a plea filed by the child’s paternal grandfather seeking permanent custody of her minor son under the Guardian and Wards Act, 1890. The grandfather said he lost access to his minor grandson after the mother remarried, soon after the death of the child’s father, his son. The family court also passed a common order directing the mother to celebrate the child’s birthday in the court premises, as well as for the minor to remain present to observe the first …

Gujarat HC upholds govt decision to acquire Asaram Ashram land in Motera| India News

Gujarat HC upholds govt decision to acquire Asaram Ashram land in Motera| India News

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The Gujarat high court on Thursday upheld the state government’s decision to acquire an 11-acre land parcel in Ahmedabad’s Motera, which had been given to self-styled godman Asaram-run ashram decades earlier. Virk told the bench that the land, originally granted decades ago for limited religious use, was subject to strict conditions. (Photo: Gujarat high court) A bench of justice Vaibhavi D. Nanavati dismissed a plea filed by Sant Shri Asharam Ashram after the government pleader GH Virk defended the government’s decision to reclaim control over the land parcel spread across 45,000 square metres. The land is located next to the Narendra Modi Stadium and the Sardar Patel Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, an area identified by the state as critical for sports and urban infrastructure, including plans linked to the Commonwealth Games 2030. Virk told the bench that the land, originally granted decades ago for limited religious use, was subject to strict conditions. These conditions barred commercial activity and unauthorised construction. But officials said inspections revealed that the ashram had expanded far beyond the permitted area …