Top Law News SC seeks details of sites damaged in Gujarat riots July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gujarat government to file a survey report of the religious sites which were damaged and destroyed during the 2002 Gujarat riots in the state. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra also asked the state government to quantify the amount needed for building and repairing […] Read more » 1984 anti-Sikh riots 2002 post-Godhra riots Godhra riots Gujarat Gujarat government Gujarat High Court Gujarat riots Gujarat riots victims Justice Dipak Misra Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan National Human Rights Commission NHRC post-Godhra riots Supreme Court supreme court on gujarat riots
Top Law News ‘suicide capital’: Gujarat’s Rajkot among top 5 in India July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajkot is the official suicide capital of Gujarat. With suicide rate of 28 (number of suicides per lakh inhabitants as per mid-year population estimates), it shares third spot jointly with Chennai. Only two newly-introduced cities this year by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) — Kollam in Kerala and Durg Bhilai in Chhattisgarh — are ahead […] Read more » ‘suicide capital’ Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India ADSI Chattisgarh cities of Gujarat Gujarat Kerala Madhya Pradesh National Crime Records Bureau NCRB NCRB data NCRB's annual publication NCRB's annual publication Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India Rajkot Saurashtra suicides in India
Top Law News Dismantling of toxic ships in Gujarat worries apex court May 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday expressed concern over the environmental impact of dismantling and recycling of foreign ships carrying radioactive material and other toxic wastes at Alang port in Gujarat. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad wondered why these ships were not dismantled or broken in the country of their […] Read more » apex court Dismantling GMB Gujarat Gujarat Maritime Board Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi toxic ships
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
Consumer Law News Gujarat ITI staff entitled to bonus, rules high court January 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Employees of Gujarat’s industrial training institutes (ITIs) are entitled to be treated at par with state government employees for the purpose of salary and other monetary benefits like bonus, the Gujarat High Court has ruled. The court, while dismissing the state government’s appeal, ruled that teaching and non-teaching staff working in grants-in-aid institutions were entitled […] Read more » Gujarat Gujarat High Court ITI
Environment Law News Court questions Gujarat on pollution January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A letter from a man over official apathy towards pollution by industries in east Ahmedabad was Monday turned into a public interest suit by the Gujarat High Court, which questioned the government over the allegation. The court issued notices to the government, the State Human Rights Commission, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Gujarat […] Read more » Gujarat Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) pollution
Top Law News Ex-MCI chief’s election to Gujarat varsity senate challenged December 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A group of doctors Friday filed a petition in the Gujarat High Court, seeking to disqualify Medical Council of India’s tainted former chief Ketan Desai from the senate of the Gujarat University. Desai was recently elected unopposed to the senate on a seat meant for a registered medical practitioner. ‘Desai managed to get elected ‘unopposed’ […] Read more » Gujarat senate varsity
Top Law News Gujarat officer challenges order for disclosure of assets November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday issued a notice to the state government after a senior bureaucrat asked the court to set aside a state government order asking officials to furnish details of their assets. Notices were issued to the state government, its public information officer, the chief information commissioner. Arvind Agrawal, an Indian Administrative Service […] Read more » assets challenges disclosure Gujarat officer
Top Law News Gujarat lawyers don’t want courts to open on all Saturdays November 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Advocate groups have opposed the Gujarat High Court’s decision to make lower courts work on all Saturdays in a month from the new year to counter the mounting backlog of cases. Like state government offices, lower courts, at present, observe a holiday on the second and the fourth Saturday of a month. A total of […] Read more » courts don't Gujarat lawyers open Saturdays want
Top Law News Gujarat High Court seeks details of EVM, e-voters October 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court, hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) against introduction of online voting in local self-government bodies polls, has sought details of voters who cast ballot through the electronic voting machines (EVMs) and e-voting. In details available Wednesday, a bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Anant Dave, allowing the state government […] Read more » details e-voters EVM Gujarat High Court
Top Law News Policy to curb illegal mining soon, Gujarat tells court October 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A policy aimed at curbing illegal mining in Gujarat is being formulated, the Narendra Modi government told the Gujarat High Court Monday. The state government said this in an affidavit filed before a division bench comprising Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi. The government was responding to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed […] Read more » Court curb Gujarat illegal mining policy
Top Law News Settle beggars in villages: Gujarat High Court September 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Thursday asked the state government to formulate a policy to address the rehabilitation of beggars and consider sending them to villages and offering them jobs there. A bench comprising Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice K.M. Thaker told the government to finalise its policy on the issue within three weeks. The […] Read more » beggars Gujarat High Court Settle villages