Source:-standard Monday dismissed as premature a PIL seeking postponement of by-elections to eight assembly seats in Gujarat, schedule for which is yet to be announced, in view of the coronavirus pandemic. The PIL, filed by social worker Farsu Goklani, sought postponement of the by-elections to the eight seats for which the Election Commission (EC) is
Source – livemint.com High courts of Patna, Delhi and Kerala rank the highest on their compliance of the Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005 according to a recent study by think tank Vidhi Centre for Legal policy. The think tank developed a ‘Convenience Index’ which evaluates the extent to which the RTI Rules framed by
Source – FOUR YEARS after they fled their homes following conflict with another group, more than 400 members of the herdsmen community returned to their villages in Thangadh taluka of Surendranagar district amid heavy police presence Monday. The Gujarat High Court on October 25 directed the Surendrangar district administration to facilitate the process after one
Source – taxscan.in The Ahmedabad bench of the Gujarat High Court in the case of Director of Income Tax v Gujarat Cricket Association ruling in favour of the assessee held the assessee society to be engaged in charitable activity and not in an activity of commercial nature. Further that once a certificate for registration has
Source: indiatoday.in The Supreme Court is scheduled on Friday to pronounce verdict on the appeals filed by CBI and the Gujarat government challenging the acquittal of 12 persons facing charges of murdering former state Home Minister Haren Pandya in 2003. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra will also pronounce judgement on a PIL filed
Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court on Thursday sought a reply from the state home and education department, and Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU), after a public interest litigation questioning the ‘Centre of Excellence’ tag granted to the varsity by the state government came up for hearing. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice AS
Source- nenow.in While the Project Elephant Division of the Ministry of Environment and Forest closely monitors trans-location of elephants, did the Assam Forest Department keep New Delhi in the dark about transportation of four elephants to Gujarat? Ranjana Gupta, Assam’s Chief Wildlife Warden, between June 12 and 14 granted permission to transport four juvenile elephants
Source: thehindu.com The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to entertain a plea challenging the Election Commission’s decision to hold separate bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat. The seats fell vacant on the election of BJP president Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani to the Lok Sabha. A Vacation Bench of Justices Sanjiv
Source: newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Law and Justice is going to study the way the courts of Gujarat are disposing of the old cases at a faster pace and treat it as a role model for other states in the country to cut down the massive pendency. According to the data of
Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court, on Thursday, stayed a condition prescribed in a government resolution dated May 20 whereby it has decided to terminate the contracts of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) employees and place them under private agencies, to whom the work has been outsourced the work. The court also
