High Profile Cases Supreme’s court’s final hearing on Gujarat Lokayukta March 20 February 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said it would hold final hearing March 20 on the Gujarat government’s plea challenging the state high court judgment that upheld the appointment of Justice (retd) R.A. Mehta as Lokayukta by the governor. While admitting the petition, an apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Jagdish Singh Kheher observed: […] Read more » Gujarat High Court Gujarat Lokayukta Act 1986 Justice (retd) R.A. Mehta Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Petition seeking Narendra Modi’s deposition before Nanavati panel rejected February 1, 2012 / February 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a reprieve for Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Gujarat High Court Wednesday rejected a petition seeking his deposition before the Nanavati-Mehta commission probing the 2002 communal riots in the state. “The court has dismissed the appeal filed by NGO Jan Sangharsh Manch challenging the order of the commission on the ground that the commission […] Read more » Chief Minister Narendra Modi Gujarat High Court judge K.G. Shah Supreme Court judge G.T. Nanavati
Top Law News Supreme Court questions Gujarat on probe against Setalvad January 31, 2012 / January 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the Gujarat government why it was recording statements of witnesses alleging that social activist Teesta Setalvad doctored affidavits of victims of the 2002 riots when the proceedings had already been stayed by the court. The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.P. Desai asked the state government […] Read more » Gujarat High Court Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Amit Shah seeks Supreme Court nod to stay in Gujarat January 25, 2012 / January 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah Tuesday sought the permission of the Supreme Court to “enter, stay and function” in the state, from where he has been barred since Oct 30, 2010 by an apex court order. Shah sought modification of the order which, while declining to suspend the bail granted by the Gujarat High Court, […] Read more » 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing Gujarat High Court Gujarat minister Amit Shah Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Gujarat Govt moves Supreme Court on Lokayukta issue January 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat Government on Thursday approached the Supreme Court challenging the state High Court order upholding the appointment of Justice R.A. Mehta as the Lokayukta by the governor. The Gujarat High Court had on Wednesday upheld the appointment of Justice (Retd) Mehta as the Lokayukta while sharply criticising Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his “pranks” […] Read more » Gujarat High Court Justice J.R. Vora Justice R.A. Mehta Justice V.M. Sahai Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Gujarat to move Supreme Court against Lokayukta’s appointment January 18, 2012 / January 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat government Wednesday said it will approach the Supreme Court against the high court order upholding the appointment of R.A. Mehta as the Lokayukta or ombudsman by Governor Kamla Beniwal. “The way forward is to study the judgment and after having the competent legal advice we shall challenge it before the honourable apex court […] Read more » Gujarat government spokesperson Jay Narayan Vyas Gujarat High Court R.A. Mehta as the Lokayukta Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Ishrat Jahan shootout: ‘Now no one can call me a terrorist’s father’ November 21, 2011 / November 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gopinathan Pillai, the father of Pranesh Kumar Pillai alias Javed Shaikh who was killed allegedly by police in a staged shootout in Ahmedabad in 2004, said Monday he is a much relieved man in the wake of the Special Investigation Team telling the Gujarat High Court that the shootout was not genuine. Gopinathan Pillai and […] Read more » college student Ishrat Jahan Gujarat High Court Ishrat Jahan shootout
Criminal Law News Supreme court to hear Sanjiv Bhatt’s plea Nov 18 November 10, 2011 / November 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will Nov 18 hear a petition by suspended Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt challenging the Gujarat government’s stand in a trial court which may adversely impact him in a 1990 case linked to a suspect’s death in Jamnagar district. An apex court bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice B.S. Chauhan […] Read more » Gujarat High Court Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice P. Sathasivam Sanjiv Bhatt's plea Nov 18 Supreme Court
Top Law News Judges divided on Gujarat Lokayukta’s appointment October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback to the Narendra Modi government, a two-judge bench of the Gujarat High Court Monday delivered a split verdict on the government’s plea questioning the appointment of R.A. Mehta as the Lokayukta by Governor Kamla Beniwal. While Justice Akil Kureshi upheld the appointment of Mehta, Justice Sonia Gokani disagreed. The case will now […] Read more » Gujarat High Court Judges divided on Gujarat Lokayukta's appointment Justice Akil Kureshi Narendra Modi
Top Law News Who leaked Modi’s letter to PM, asks court September 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday on 7th September issued notice to its registrar general, the personal secretary to the chief justice and Lokayukta R.A. Mehta seeking answers on how the contents of a letter from Chief Minister Narendra Modi to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reached mediapersons. Modi wrote to the prime minister demanding annulment of […] Read more » Chief Minister Narendra Modi Gujarat High Court Gujrat Lokayukta appointment Lokayukta R.A. Mehta Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Top Law News Canal water allocation not in judicial domain: Supreme Court July 26, 2011 / July 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said the decision on releasing water from rivers’ canals is in the domain of the government and the judiciary has no role to play in it. The court have the ruling while dismissing an application filed by an organisation from Gujarat’s Kutch region, which sought more water for canals in the […] Read more » Canal water allocation Gujarat High Court judicial domain Justice C.K. Prasad Justice Markandey Katju Kachchh Jal Sankat Nivaran Samiti Narmada canal to Kutch SupremeCourt
Media & Entertainment News Order on Teesta’s plea reserved till Friday May 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday reserved its order till Friday on a petition filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad seeking to quash a criminal complaint against her. The complaint against her was made in the Panderwada case, in which bodies of victims of the 2002 communal riots were exhumed in 2006 – four years after […] Read more » .Justice G.B. Shah Gujarat High Court Teesta