Gandhinagar | 10 hours ago
Rubabuddin charges Modi with contempt of apex court
Gandhinagar, Sep 1 - Rubabuddin Sheikh, the brother of staged-shootout victim Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Wednesday served a legal notice on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi charging him with contempt of the Supreme Court with his derogatory remarks against the CBI that is probing the case.The notice dated Aug 28 sought a response within a week whereafter he would take 'appropriate action' in the matt ... read more

Gandhinagar | 12 hours ago
Gujarat told to review pay of fixed-wage workers
Gandhinagar, Sep 1 - The Gujarat High Court has asked the state government to consider paying its fixed-wage contractual employees in consonance with the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations.'A decision should be taken within three months and communicated to all the establishments and the registrar general of this court,' a division bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyaya and Justice Akil Kure ... read more

Gandhinagar | 15 hours ago
Sohrabuddin killing: Court questions Amin's co-accused
Gandhinagar, Sep 1 - The Gujarat High Court Wednesday issued notices to eight accused in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case who challenged co-accused and former police official N.K. Amin's plea to turn an approver.Justice Akil Kureshi ordered the notices to be issued after a designated Central Bureau of Investigation - court Aug 26 referred suspended deputy superintendent of police ... read more

Gandhinagar | 1 day ago
Amit Shah hospitalised
Gandhinagar, Aug 31 - Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, a key accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout, was admitted to a government hospital in Ahmedabad Tuesday evening following medical complications.Shah, who is in Sabarmati prison, had undergone a minor incision in the jail hospital Monday following an abscess. According to jail officials, a decision was taken to move him to the hos ... read more

Gandhinagar | 1 day ago
Congress legislators lash out at Modi's functioning
Gandhinagar, Aug 31 - Congress legislators in Gujarat Tuesday lashed out against the 'autocratic style' of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, noting it is 'high time that the government maintains the standards of parliamentary democracy rather than acting as a platform for the fads and whims of an individual'.A meeting, which began with a prayer for the speedy recovery of Speaker Ashok Bhatt, adopted f ... read more

Gandhinagar | 1 day ago
Gujarat High Court quashes FIR against police official
Gandhinagar, Aug 31 - A single judge bench of the Gujarat High Court Tuesday quashed the First Information Report - filed against senior IPS officer Kuldeep Sharma charging him with murder in a 26-year-old shootout case.In a setback to the Narendra Modi government and the police, Justice R.H. Shukla ordered quashing of the FIR and rejected the state's plea of stay on the order. The Gujarat polic ... read more

Gandhinagar | 2 days ago
Gujarat told to amend diploma course admission rules
Gandhinagar, Aug 30 - The Gujarat High Court Monday directed the state government to amend a law which regulates admission to diploma courses so that students of the National Institute of Open Schooling - do not face discrimination.A division bench asked the government to make necessary amendment to rule 5 of the Gujarat Professional Technical Education Colleges or Institutions - Act, 2007. The ac ... read more

Gandhinagar | 2 days ago
Gujarat judges to get lessons in child psychology
Gandhinagar, Aug 30 - The Gujarat High Court Monday directed its own administration to give lessons in child psychology and law to magistrates who hear cases related to minor delinquents.Minor delinquents involved in offences are tried under the Juvenile Justice - Act, 2000. In a matter which is pending since 1993, the court directed the registrar general to report to the chief justice on the adm ... read more

Gandhinagar | 4 days ago
Reinstatement of employee must be unconditional: Court
Gandhinagar, Aug 28 - The reinstatement of a government employee in service has to be unconditional and it has to be treated as continuity of service 'for all purposes' and not limited to just seniority and pension, the Gujarat High Court has ruled.A division bench of the court ruled that the decision to reinstate an employee in service means that the charges of misconduct are not established and ... read more

Gandhinagar | 5 days ago
Amin tells court he fears for life in jail
Gandhinagar, Aug 27 - Former deputy superintendent of police N.K. Amin, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shoot-out case whose plea to turn approver is pending in court, has raised serious questions about his security in jail and told the court that his life is in danger.He pleaded before the Ahmedabad court Friday for more security and has sought transfer from the present barrack. Amin ... read more