[ad_1] Bilkis Bano has petitioned the Supreme Court challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts who gangraped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. In her petition, filed on November 29, Bano has also sought review of the Supreme Court’s May order that permitted the Gujarat...
‘Convicts didn’t tell SC that HC had junked similar pleas’, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Rape survivor Bilkis Bano on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court for an open court hearing of her plea for review of the SC's May 13 judgment allowing Gujarat to consider the remission pleas of 11 lifers, guilty of gang-raping many and murdering 14 during the 2002 communal riots in...
Hc Orders Trial Under Sec 130 Of Ipc, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Gujarat high court has quashed a sessions court’s order discharging 24 prisoners, who were jailed in the 2008 serial blasts case, from a particular charge of aiding ‘state prisoners’ and ‘prisoners of war’ in escaping from the prison in connection with digging 213-foot tunnel in Sabarmati Central Jail...
Hc Nixes Firs Filed By Man Against 91-year-old Father, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Filing an FIR against family members over a property dispute brings disrepute to the family and such disputes are best solved through civil litigation, the Gujarat high court has said. The court’s observation was made in response to two criminal complaints filed by a man against his nonagenarian father...
SC to hear on Dec 6 plea against recent changes in poll bonds, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it would hear on December 6 a plea challenging a recent government notification allowing an additional 15 days for the sale of electoral bonds in a year when elections are held for legislative assemblies.The 15-day additional sale window was previously provided only...
SC to hear on November 21 plea seeking probe into Morbi bridge collapse incident in Gujarat, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea seeking the constitution of a judicial commission to probe the Morbi bridge collapse incident in Gujarat which claimed over 130 lives. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli will hear the PIL filed...
Gujarat HC’s Bar protest against judge’s transfer to Patna HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] AHMEDABAD: The announcement of transfer of Gujarat high court’s Justice Nikhil Kariel to the Patna high court by the Supreme Court collegium evoked a strong reaction from the Gujarat HC’s Bar with its members storming the chief justice’s court to mourn 'the death of independence of judiciary', as the...
Impressed with ‘Gujarat Model’ on judicial infrastructure, UP tells SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it is planning to implement the "Gujarat Model" on judicial infrastructures after necessary improvements as the state bureaucrats were "very impressed" with the the facilities and amenities provided in the district court complexes for judges, lawyers...
Gujarat HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday questioned the Morbi municipality why it allowed the use of the suspension bridge despite Ajanta Manufacturing Ltd informing it on December 29, 2021, that the bridge's condition was "critical" and it required urgent repairs. The bridge collapsed on October 30 resulting in...
Gujarat HC judge recuses himself from hearing regular bail plea of Teesta Setalvad, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] AHMEDABAD: Gujarat High Court judge Justice Samir Dave on Tuesday recused himself from hearing the regular bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad in connection with a case of the alleged fabrication of evidence to frame innocent people concerning the 2002 Gujarat riots. When the matter came up for hearing...