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The Gujarat High Court released an accused whose role was limited to opening bank accounts and registering GST numbers for co-accused persons engaged in cricket betting and fictitious firms.
A Division Bench at the Gujarat High Court found the Family Court at Kadi, Mehsana, erred in ruling on the merits of cruelty and desertion when the suit itself was barred by Section 14 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
The Gujarat High Court dismissed the State's appeal against acquittal, holding that aluminium foil coating on kaju katri does not constitute adulteration absent evidence of harm to human health.
The Gujarat High Court released an accused on regular bail after noting chargesheet was filed, co-accused had already been bailed, and trial would take considerable time.
Justice Nikhil S. Kariel granted regular bail to three accused in an Ambaji police station FIR and flagged that the Sessions Court had prima facie exceeded its jurisdiction under Section 483 of the BNSS.
The Gujarat High Court held the Surat Municipal Corporation squarely responsible for an unauthorised demolition and directed it to file a proposal for rebuilding or relocating the displaced residents.
Justice Nikhil S. Kariel allows successive regular bail to the alleged primary accused in an assault arising from a dispute over feeding stray dogs, imposing a six-month district entry ban.
Gujarat High Court declares a Deesa road reservation lapsed after finding the Nagarpalika revised its Development Plan years after the statutory ten-year window had closed.
The Gujarat High Court dismissed a regular bail application filed by an advocate accused of forging documents to fraudulently transfer agricultural land belonging to a UK-based overseas citizen.
The Gujarat High Court held prima facie that police officials present at a Surat demolition site had a duty to intervene, not merely maintain law and order, when demolition exceeded the stated demarcation purpose.
The Gujarat High Court set aside a Family Court order and declared a marriage null and void, holding that the defendant's own written admission that no Hindu rites were performed made a full trial unnecessary.
Justice Hasmukh D. Suthar refused regular bail to Mohammad Aarif Samol, citing eight similar antecedents, alleged misuse of earlier bail, and risk to public order under the Gujarat Animal Preservation Act.
The Gujarat High Court ruled that once regularisation is granted under Section 6(3) of the 2011 Act, the designated authority cannot invoke Section 8(4) to revoke it.
The Gujarat High Court dismissed a PIL seeking disclosure of an IIT Gandhinagar survey of Somnath Temple, imposing Rs 2 lakh exemplary costs for filing with misleading and distorted facts.
The Gujarat High Court disposed of a special criminal application after noting that remission proceedings were already underway, directing a decision within six months.
The Gujarat High Court quashed an abetment-of-suicide FIR against a power-of-attorney holder, finding that lodging complaints under the Land Grabbing Act and for forgery cannot constitute instigation.
The Gujarat High Court held that GPSC exam instructions are not a statutory promulgation under Section 188 IPC, and that sharing a question paper photograph cannot attract Section 66-E of the IT Act.
The Gujarat High Court dismissed Railways' appeal against a Rs 8 lakh compensation award, holding that an authorised catering waiter who fell between coaches was a deemed railway servant and bona fide passenger.
Justice J.C. Doshi dismissed three connected appeals, holding that the Narsinhji Temple at Village Dhaman is a public trust and its properties belong to the deity, not the Mahant's heirs.
The Gujarat High Court held that a Family Court cannot reject a suit for declaration of Muslim mutual-consent divorce on the ground that the opposite party never denied the Talaaq.
Justice P. M. Raval quashed a 2019 FIR against advocate Bilal Kagazi, holding that CCTV footage collected through High Court intervention demolished the prosecution's case and co-accused confessions were inadmissible.
Justice J.C. Doshi dismissed five first appeals challenging concurrent findings that Survey Nos. 9 and 10 in Vadodara belong to Shri Yavteshwar Mahadev Trust, not the erstwhile Maharaja of Baroda or his purchasers.
The Gujarat High Court held that a person accused under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act cannot be declared a proclaimed offender, as cheque dishonour is not among the nineteen offences listed in Section 82(4) CrPC.
Justice Niral R. Mehta held that freezing an entire salary account over two small credit entries of ₹500 and ₹600 was disproportionate and violated Article 21.
