New Delhi: The Gujarat High Court has rejected the revenue department’s contention that sugar exports under quota were under restricted category and not eligible for benefits under the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme. The high court order comes as a relief to sugar exporters. Revenue authorities had denied benefits under … Read more
An view of the Gujarat High Court. File | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji The Gujarat High Court has allowed the discharge plea of a former police official accused in the 2003 encounter of Sadiq Jamal, who the cops had claimed to be a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative. With the acquittal of retired Deputy Superintendent of Police … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar (centre) with NCP leaders Praful Patel and Chhagan Bhujbal addressing the media. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI NCP moves disqualification petition against Ajit Pawar, 8 others The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said that they have submitted a disqualification petition to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar against the nine MLAs who were … Read more
Former IPS Sanjiv Bhatt interaction with The Hindu on 20th August 2015 at his residence in Ahmedabad. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt challenging a Gujarat High Court order which set a deadline for completion of trial in a 1996 drug … Read more
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Friday said the state government will move the Supreme Court against the High Court’s last week order staying certain sections of the contentious law against religious conversion, including its “core” provision. Among other sections, which mainly deal with religious conversion through marriage, the Gujarat High Court had also … Read more
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the state government while hearing a petition challenging the provisions of a new law which penalises forcible or fraudulent religious conversion through marriage. A division bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Biren Vaishnav, which heard the plea, issued the notice to the state … Read more
The Gujarat High Court has said that there were differences between the affidavit presented by the government on the Covid situation in the state and the ground reality. Laying bare the harsh realities, the court has questioned the state health infrastructure’s preparedness to tackle the projected half-a-million Covid cases expected in the next 15 days … Read more
A voter turnout of 19.40 per cent was registered till 12 pm on Saturday in the bypoll to Morva Hadaf (ST) assembly seat of Gujarat’s Panchmahal district, officials said. Of the 2.19 lakh registered voters, 19.40 per cent voters exercised their franchise between 7 am and 12 pm. Voting would continue till 6 pm, a … Read more
The Gujarat High Court on Sunday initiated a suo motu PIL over the coronavirus situation in the state, observing that media reports on the pandemic indicate that the state was heading towards a “health emergency of sorts”. Through an oral order, Chief Justice Vikram Nath directed the high court registry to register a fresh suo … Read more
Mumbai: Exporters have dragged the Revenue Intelligence (DRI), India’s primary anti-smuggling intelligence agency to various courts following notices over allegedly wrongfully availing Goods and Services Tax (GST) exemptions. Exporters have filed various writ petitions in Gujarat High Court, Punjab High Court, Bombay High Court and Madras High Court. Some of the courts have decided to … Read more