Gujarat High Court
Insurer Can't Deny Compensation For Fire Damage Citing Technical Interpretation Of Policy Without Adducing Evidence: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that insurance company cannot refuse to pay compensation for loss due to fire merely based on technical interpretation of proposal form and insurance policy without adducing any evidence. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 226]The respondent manufactures Polyester Textured Yarn, Draw Textured Yarn, and Partially Oriented Yarn paper tubes whose stock was insured by the Appellant Insurance Company from 12.08.1994 to 11.08.1995 against a premium of ...
Mere Threats Don't Constitute Criminal Intimidation Without Intent To Cause Alarm: Gujarat High Court Quashes FIR
The Gujarat High Court has held that merely threatening without an intention to cause alarm to the complainant would not constitute offence of criminal intimidation. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 225]In doing so the court held that to invoke this offence the complainant must establish that the accused had an intention to cause alarm to him. The petitioners had sought quashing of an FIR under IPC Sections 409(Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent), 504(Intentional...
Private Documents Obtained From Public Authority Under RTI Act Don't Become Public Documents: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that a private document which is stored in a public office, sought and obtained under Right To Information Act does not automatically become public document under the Section 74 of Indian Evidence Act unless kept as a public record. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 224]The court also held that even the certified true copies of such private documents obtained under RTI also...
Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Objecting To SC/ST Community Member's Invitation To Brahmin Marriage Function
The Gujarat High Court granted regular bail to a man accused of portraying complainant as a "bootlegger" and saying that a member of SC/ST community should not be invited to marriage in the Brahmin community. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 223]The court was hearing a man's appeal booked under Sections 3(1)(U) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 whose regular...
Gujarat High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Journalist Ravi Nair Over Article Alleging Govt Directed LIC Investments In Adani Group
The Gujarat High Court has refused to quash the Forgery FIR against Journalist Ravi Nair registered at the instance of Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd. over a Washington Post article alleging that the LIC made investments in the Adani Group on the instructions of the Central Government. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 221]Justice M. R. Mengdey observed that mere pendency of a private complaint on the same set...
Gujarat High Court Launches Wi-Fi Facility To Enhance Digital Access For Lawyers And Litigants
The Gujarat High Court has launched a state-of-the-art Enterprise Wi-Fi facility across its court complex to enhance digital access for advocates and litigants during court proceedings.The facility was inaugurated on August 15 by Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal.According to a press note issued by the High Court, the Wi-Fi system is powered by approximately 655 enterprise-grade Access Points and...
Transfer Cop Seen On Video 'Parading & Flogging' Accused In Public, Orally Says Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court on Friday (August 14) orally asked the State to transfer the concerned senior police officer in Surat seen on video "parading and flogging" accused persons in public last month pending preliminary inquiry against him. The court was hearing a suo-motu plea lodged on the incident after receiving a written representation by a lawyer. Reportedly the concerned DCP in Surat...
X Moves Gujarat High Court Seeking Modification Of Direction To Onboard Centre's SAHYOG Portal
Social media intermediary X (formerly Twitter) moved the Gujarat High Court on Friday (August 14) seeking modification of a direction to onboard Centre's SAHYOG Portal. The application has been filed in a pending PIL raising concerns about the “sharp and alarming rise” in deepfake and AI-generated content circulating on digital and social media platforms. On April 10 the court had asked...
Surat Municipal Commissioner Transferred: Gujarat Govt Informs High Court Amid 'Illegal' Demolition Row
In a plea concerning a demolition drive carried out in Surat's Nasir Nagar in June, the Gujarat Government informed the High Court on Wednesday (August 12) that concerned Commissioner of Surat Municipal Corporation has been transferred and appointed to a different post. This, after the high court had on Monday asked the State Government to inform as to why Surat Municipal Commissioner and...
Playing Cards For Money At Home In Absence Of 'Profit-Making' Element Not Offence Under Gambling Act: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that merely playing cards in a house for money does not necessarily make the house a "common gaming house" to invoke offences under Gujarat Prevention of Gambling Act in absence of element of profit-making. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 220]The court was hearing a plea by five accused persons seeking quashing of an FIR under Gujarat Prevention of Gambling Act.The...
'Bail Is Rule': Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Woman Accused Of Extorting Man With Explicit Video Clip, Threatening Rape FIR
The Gujarat High Court granted bail to a woman booked for threatening and extorting money and immovable property from the complainant by blackmailing him of publishing a purported video of him allegedly engaged in a sexual act, as well as threatening him of lodging a rape case. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 219]Justice Hasmukh D Suthar in his order noted that the allegation was that the accused...