Top Law News Caste doesn’t work in court, petitioner told April 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Monday refused to entertain a plea of a man who wrote his caste in the title of his petition. Bhapadiya (Brahmin) Navinbhai Mayaram filed the petition before the first bench of the court and sought implementation of a central government welfare scheme in his village Bhapdi in Tharad taluka (sub-district) of […] Read more » Caste Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Court doesn't Gujarat High Court Justice J.B. Pardiwala Petitioner work
Top Law News Gujarat panchayat workers to get same pay as government staff April 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment All village panchayats in Gujarat will now have to pay salaries and other allowances to their messengers on par with their counterparts in the state government, the Gujarat High Court has directed. A bench comprising Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice J.B. Pardiwala directed the state to ensure that the guidelines issued by the government […] Read more » Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya government staff Gujarat Justice J.B. Pardiwala panchayat workers same pay
Top Law News Court reserves order on plea of five former ad-hoc judges April 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday reserved its order on the petitions of five former ad-hoc fast track court judges whose services were terminated. The petitioners approached the high court seeking direction to the state government to retain them as ad-hoc additional district judges. A bench comprising Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice J.B. Pardiwala, after […] Read more » Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Court former ad-hoc judges Justice J.B. Pardiwala order plea reserves
Top Law News Law and order different from public order: High court April 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Law and order different from public order: High court A law and order issue does not necessarily attract the provisions of Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA) to book someone for disturbing public order, the Gujarat high court has ruled in an order made available Monday. Setting free a woman, who was under detention for alleged bootlegging, the court held that the issues of […] Read more » Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Bombay Prohibition Act Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya different Gujarat High Court High Court Justice J.B. Pardiwala Law order PASA Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act public order
Top Law News MPs, MLAs salaries should be cancelled for misconduct: Court petitioned March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 69-year-old man knocked the doors of the Gujarat High Court seeking cancellation of salary and other perks given to MPs and MLAs on grounds of their ‘misconduct and behaviour with selfish motives’. The petitioner, Prabhudas Patel, who appeared in person before the court, annexed various newspaper reports with his petition to prove his point. […] Read more » cancelled Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Court Gujarat High Court Justice J.B. Pardiwala misconduct MLAs MPs petitioned Prabhudas Patel salaries