Paying members of sports clubs are consumers under the Consumer Protection Act, the Gujarat State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held, setting aside the dismissal of a lifetime member’s complaint over the termination of his membership of the Surat District Cricket Association. Ahmedabad: The Gujarat State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held that members of […]
The Gujarat High Court quashed an FIR under Section 295A IPC against a Surat textile trader accused of selling sarees with Buddha images, holding that deliberate and malicious intent was absent.
The Gujarat High Court has launched a pilot WhatsApp service sending advocate-specific daily cause lists as PDFs to registered numbers, with more eServices planned after evaluation.
The Gujarat High Court Advocates’ Association abstained from work on October 5 and 6 over the Gujarat Rent Bill, 2026, which lawyers say shifts rent disputes from courts to administrative authorities; the Advocate General told the High Court he was assured the Governor will not sign the Bill.
President Droupadi Murmu has granted assent to the Gujarat Uniform Civil Code, which makes registration of live-in relationships mandatory, penalises non-registration of marriages and live-in relationships with fines or up to six months’ imprisonment, and applies to Gujarat residents inside and outside the State.
The Gujarat High Court upheld the 2022 Special Court verdict in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, confirming death sentences for 38 convicts and life imprisonment for 11 others. The coordinated bomb blasts killed 56 people and injured nearly 200 across Ahmedabad.
A couple from Gujarat ended their 23-year marriage after a long dispute over eating onion and garlic, leading the High Court to uphold their divorce. Judges agreed the prolonged conflict over dietary choices made the relationship irreparable today.
The Supreme Court declined an urgent hearing on petitions challenging anti-conversion laws enacted by states like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh, with CJI BR Gavai remarking, “It is not possible, I have to write judgments,” scheduling the matter for December.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah recalled that his bail plea in the Sohrabuddin encounter case remained pending for two years, something he termed unprecedented. He said he had to stay outside Gujarat from 2010 to 2012 due to the prolonged delay.
The Supreme Court criticised a petition seeking to return captive elephants from Gujarat’s Vantara rescue centre, calling it “completely vague” and directing the petitioner to add Vantara as a party. The case will be heard next on August 25.
