Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Allow Use Of Gujarati As Additional Language In Gujarat High Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Allow Use Of Gujarati As Additional Language In Gujarat High Court

Live Law  

Today, on November 28, the Supreme Court declined to consider a petition advocating for Gujarati to be recognized as an additional language for court hearings in the Gujarat High Court. Initially, the petitioner, Rohit Jayantilal Patel, approached the Gujarat High Court seeking a directive against the State Government to implement the then Governor's 2012 decision, which allowed the use of the Gujarati language alongside English in court proceedings before the High Court. To provide context, after the state assembly and cabinet committee approved the use of the Gujarati language in the High Court, the matter was sent to the State's Governor. The PIL also challenged the 1965 resolution of the Cabinet Committee introducing the role of the Chief Justice of India in the matter of using regional languages in the High Court.

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'Approach HC': Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Contempt Petition Alleging Illegal Demolition Of Accused Persons' Houses In Gujarat
4 weeks, 1 day ago

'Approach HC': Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Contempt Petition Alleging Illegal Demolition Of Accused Persons' Houses In Gujarat

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition assailing demolition action stated to have been carried out by Ahmedabad authorities against houses of persons accused of crimes in violation of the Court's November 13 judgment.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih passed the order, asking the petitioner, who claimed that the authorities were guilty of contempt of …

Wrong Practices Cannot Change Law Of Pleadings: Gujarat High Court On Facts Being Mentioned In Grounds Of Writ Petition
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Wrong Practices Cannot Change Law Of Pleadings: Gujarat High Court On Facts Being Mentioned In Grounds Of Writ Petition

Live Law  

While hearing a matter wherein an alleged “agricultural land” had been declared as “excess land” by the authorities, the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday orally remarked that the “law of pleadings” cannot be changed by any “wrong practices”.The high court made the observations after noting that certain factual averments formed part of the grounds mentioned in. The high court made …

Supreme Court criticises Gujarat High Court for its ‘counterblast’ in abortion case
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court criticises Gujarat High Court for its ‘counterblast’ in abortion case

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed strong displeasure at the Gujarat High Court’s “counterblast” to its criticism about the manner in which a 25-year-old rape survivor’s plea for abortion was handled by the High Court. The Saturday hearing had seen the Bench criticise the Gujarat High Court for adjourning the case for 12 whole days, defeating the woman’s race against …

Supreme Court Dismayed At Gujarat High Court Delaying Rape Victim's Plea For Abortion; Says 'Valuable Time Lost'
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Dismayed At Gujarat High Court Delaying Rape Victim's Plea For Abortion; Says 'Valuable Time Lost'

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Saturday held a special sitting to urgently hear the plea of a rape victim for termination of pregnancy which is nearing 28 weeks. The woman approached the Supreme Court after the Gujarat High Court refused her relief.A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan held the special sitting at 10.30 AM.The petitioner's lawyer Advocate Shashank …

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Laws Preventing Racial Discrimination Against North East Indians
2 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Laws Preventing Racial Discrimination Against North East Indians

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking to amend the provisions of the Indian Penal Code to prevent racial discrimination against North East Indians. The matter was heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. The petition moved by Jyoti Zongluju also sought for insertion of chapters on geography, …

Supreme Court Admits Plea Against Abolition Of State-Funded Madrassas In Assam
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Admits Plea Against Abolition Of State-Funded Madrassas In Assam

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday admitted a special leave petition against a Gauhati High Court decision upholding a 2020 Assam Assembly law, according to which all state-run madrassas were to be converted into general educational institutions. Repelling the contentions of the petitioners, a Division Bench of the High Court led by Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia had upheld the …

Permit Use Of Gujarati Language/Documents In Proceedings Before Gujarat High Court: GHCAA Moves Representation Before Governor
2 years, 7 months ago

Permit Use Of Gujarati Language/Documents In Proceedings Before Gujarat High Court: GHCAA Moves Representation Before Governor

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association has moved a representation before the Governor Of Gujarat State, Devvrat Acharya, seeking his specific authorization under Article 348 of the Constitution of India to allow the use of Gujarati language in addition to English in the court proceedings before the Gujarat High Court.It may be noted that this provision under the Constitution. The …

Gujarat riots: India’s Supreme Court upholds clean chit to Narendra Modi
2 years, 9 months ago

Gujarat riots: India’s Supreme Court upholds clean chit to Narendra Modi

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India’s Supreme Court has dismissed …

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round Up: May 30 To June 5, 2022
2 years, 9 months ago

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round Up: May 30 To June 5, 2022

Live Law  

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Can't Implement Reform in A Day, Says CJI Ramana Over Using Local Language in Courts
2 years, 11 months ago

Can't Implement Reform in A Day, Says CJI Ramana Over Using Local Language in Courts

News 18  

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Saturday said reforms such as the introduction of local languages in courts cannot happen in a day as these things take time due to logistical difficulties and hiccups. "There are several hurdles and bottlenecks or hiccups in the implementation of a regional language," he said in reply to a query during a …

Allow Use Of Tamil As Language Of Madras High Court, Set Up Regional Bench For SC At Chennai : TN CM Stalin Requests CJI
2 years, 11 months ago

Allow Use Of Tamil As Language Of Madras High Court, Set Up Regional Bench For SC At Chennai : TN CM Stalin Requests CJI

Live Law  

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. M K Stalin on Saturday urged the Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana to consider allowing Tamil, the official language of the state of Tamil Nadu to be used in the High Court of Madras. Official Language Of Courts Article 348 of the Constitution of India provides that all proceedings in the …

Gujarat High Court Asks State Govt To 'Clear Its Stand' Over Ban On Using Of Loud-Speakers In Mosques
2 years, 11 months ago

Gujarat High Court Asks State Govt To 'Clear Its Stand' Over Ban On Using Of Loud-Speakers In Mosques

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has asked the State Government to clear its stand on the use of loudspeakers for azaan in mosques all over the State.The Bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J. Shastri was dealing with a Public Interest Litigation plea filed seeking a direction to the state government to take appropriate measures for banning the …

High Court's Language Is English; Party Can't Insist On Speaking Another Language : Gujarat HC
3 years, 2 months ago

High Court's Language Is English; Party Can't Insist On Speaking Another Language : Gujarat HC

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court recently stated that the language of the Court is English and that a party cannot insist on addressing the Court in any other language. The Court referred to Article 348 of the Constitution which mandates that the language of the Court shall be English.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J Shastri …

Gujarat Riots Case : Supreme Court Starts Hearing Zakia Jafri's Plea
3 years, 5 months ago

Gujarat Riots Case : Supreme Court Starts Hearing Zakia Jafri's Plea

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced the final hearing on a petition by Zakia Ahsan Jafri's plea challenging the SIT report giving clean chit to the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other high functionaries in the case alleging larger conspiracy behind Gujarat riots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar heard detailed submissions. …

Gujarat High Court Holds Petitions Challenging Liquor Prohibition Law As Maintainable
3 years, 7 months ago

Gujarat High Court Holds Petitions Challenging Liquor Prohibition Law As Maintainable

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court on Monday held as maintainable a batch of writ petitions challenging the prohibition on manufacture, sale and consumption of liquor in the state as per the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Biren Vaishnav rejected the preliminary objection raised by the State of Gujarat against the maintainability of. The …

Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea For Publication Of Lakshadweep Draft Regulations In Vernacular Languages
3 years, 8 months ago

Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea For Publication Of Lakshadweep Draft Regulations In Vernacular Languages

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition seeking directions to the Lakshadweep Administration to publish its draft Regulations in the vernacular languages. The plea was filed by Lakshadweep MP and political leaders.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly while ruling that the reliefs sought in the petition cannot be allowed, granted. A …

Gujarat Liquor Prohibition Challenged In High Court Invoking 'Right To Privacy'
3 years, 9 months ago

Gujarat Liquor Prohibition Challenged In High Court Invoking 'Right To Privacy'

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court today heard a batch of petitions challenging prohibition on manufacture, sale and consumption of liquor in the state vide the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949. Significantly, the Petitioners have challenged the Act on the ground that two new grounds for challenging the Act have been laid down by the Supreme Court post 2017, in several cases. There …

"You Have To Re-establish Your Credibility With Your Own Court, We Will Keep The Contempt Hanging On Your Head":Supreme Court To Adv Yatin Oza
4 years ago

"You Have To Re-establish Your Credibility With Your Own Court, We Will Keep The Contempt Hanging On Your Head":Supreme Court To Adv Yatin Oza

Live Law  

"We are keeping both the writ petition and the contempt matter pending. Objecting to the use of the understated expression "bad words" in respect of these utterances by senior advocate A. M. Singhvi, for Mr. Oza, Justice Kaul remarked, "Even if you have apologised unconditionally, this is in the background of the relief that were granted by the Supreme Court …

'Approach High Court' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Petition Challenging Madhya Pradesh 'Love Jihad' Law
4 years, 1 month ago

'Approach High Court' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Petition Challenging Madhya Pradesh 'Love Jihad' Law

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a writ petition which challenged the constitutional validity of the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance dealing with religious conversions and inter-religious marriages. We've sent similar matters back to HC", a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India observed while considering a writ petition filed Vishal Thakre and few others. The …

Gujarat High Court To Start Uploading Orders/Judgments In The Gujarati Language [Read Press Release]
4 years, 5 months ago

Gujarat High Court To Start Uploading Orders/Judgments In The Gujarati Language [Read Press Release]

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has decided to start the publication of select High Court Orders/Judgements in the Gujarati Language on the Gujarat High Court's website. The Press Release reads, "As desired by Honourable the Chief Justice of High Court of Gujarat, Mr. Justice Vikram Nath and as further recommended by Honourable Judges of the Artificial Intelligence Committee of the High …

Suo Motu Vs. State of Gujarat: Can't We Debate?
4 years, 9 months ago

Suo Motu Vs. State of Gujarat: Can't We Debate?

Live Law  

'The primary duty of the Judiciary is to uphold the Constitution and the Laws without fear or favour, without being biased by political ideology or economic theory' – Supreme Court in PUCL v. Union of India. On the contrary, the strictures passed by the High Court against the machinery of the State Government while dealing with the crisis due to …

Law making Hindi official language in Haryana courts challenged in SC
4 years, 10 months ago

Law making Hindi official language in Haryana courts challenged in SC

The Hindu  

Lawyers have challenged in the Supreme Court a law which makes Hindi the official language in courts in Haryana. Their petition contends that the Haryana Official Language Act of 2020 has unconstitutionally and arbitrarily imposed Hindi as the sole official language to be used in lower courts across the State. The imposition of Hindi as the sole language would result …

High Courts Weekly Round-Up
5 years, 2 months ago

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Live Law  

Allahabad High Court ● Reiterated that where the defence has admitted the postmortem report submitted by the prosecution as genuine, the same may be read as substantive evidence. Bombay High Court ● In a significant ruling, allowed an adoption petition filed by a 66-year-old man who sought adoption of a 22-year-old girl who was raised by him and his wife. …

Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Amendments Of HC Rule To Enable Pleadings And Petitions In Hindi [Read Judgment]
5 years, 8 months ago

Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Amendments Of HC Rule To Enable Pleadings And Petitions In Hindi [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Delhi High Court dismissed a writ petition which sought a declaration that the Delhi High Court Rules be declared ultra vires the Delhi Official Languages Act, 2003 to the extent they allow only "English" as the language in which the pleadings can be filed in the High Court, as well as a direction to amend the said Rules permitting the …

English- The Language Of Supreme Court Of India
6 years, 4 months ago

English- The Language Of Supreme Court Of India

Live Law  

Following tweet by a journalist has gone viral.https://twitter.com/harishvnair1/status/1057892525241847810This has lead to lot of ‘trolling’ in social media space. Article 348 of the Constitution provides that “Art 348 Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, until Parliament by law otherwise provides — all proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court, the authoritative texts — of all …

Bombay HC Refuses To Hear Petition Challenging Triple Talaq Ordinance As A Similar Plea Is Before SC
6 years, 6 months ago

Bombay HC Refuses To Hear Petition Challenging Triple Talaq Ordinance As A Similar Plea Is Before SC

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to hear a petition filed by a group of citizens against the Muslim Women Ordinance, 2018, as a similar petition is pending before the apex court.A division bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice AM Dhavale noted that since the matter was already before the Supreme Court, it was not inclined to hear …

Petition Against Advance Ruling Under GST Sans Judicial Member: Gujarat HC Issues Notice To Centre, GST Council, State [Read Petition]
7 years, 1 month ago

Petition Against Advance Ruling Under GST Sans Judicial Member: Gujarat HC Issues Notice To Centre, GST Council, State [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has agreed to hear a petition praying that provisions concerning the Authority of Advance Ruling and the Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling under the Central Goods and Services Tax be declared ultra vires for being coram non judice as it has no judicial member on it.Admitting the petition for hearing, the high court has issued notice …

Petition Against Advance Ruling Under GST Sans Judicial Member: Gujarat HC Issues Notice To Centre, GST Council, State [Read Petition]
7 years, 1 month ago

Petition Against Advance Ruling Under GST Sans Judicial Member: Gujarat HC Issues Notice To Centre, GST Council, State [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has agreed to hear a petition praying that provisions concerning the Authority of Advance Ruling and the Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling under the Central Goods and Services Tax be declared ultra vires for being coram non judice as it has no judicial member on it.Admitting the petition for hearing, the high court has issued notice …

No Urgent Hearing On Jallikattu, Says SC
8 years, 2 months ago

No Urgent Hearing On Jallikattu, Says SC

Live Law  

The apex court asks petitioner to move Madras High Court.In the light of growing defiance of its directions on jallikattu in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to give an urgent hearing to a related plea in the public interest.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India JS Khehar and Justice DY Chandrachud, however, asked the petitioner to approach …

No Urgent Hearing On Jallikattu, Says SC
8 years, 2 months ago

No Urgent Hearing On Jallikattu, Says SC

Live Law  

The apex court asks petitioner to move Madras High Court.In the light of growing defiance of its directions on jallikattu in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to give an urgent hearing to a related plea in the public interest.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India JS Khehar and Justice DY Chandrachud, however, asked the petitioner to approach …

Plea to declare Hindi as national language withdrawn
8 years, 6 months ago

Plea to declare Hindi as national language withdrawn

Firstpost  

A petition seeking a direction to the Centre to take steps to declare Hindi as India’s national language was withdrawn from Delhi High Court after it said the Constitution does not provide for a national language on Monday. New Delhi: A petition seeking a direction to the Centre to take steps to declare Hindi as India’s national language was withdrawn …

Tamil as Court language: Justice Katju supports Lawyers, will meet CJ and CM ; AIBA urges suspension of protesting lawyers
9 years, 6 months ago

Tamil as Court language: Justice Katju supports Lawyers, will meet CJ and CM ; AIBA urges suspension of protesting lawyers

Live Law  

Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India Justice Markandey Katju has shown his support for the Tamil lawyers’ demand for making Tamil as the Court language of madras High Court. “Why then should other languages like Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujrati, Kashmiri, Marathi, Telugu, Oriya, Assamese, etc not be allowed in Court proceedings in the High Courts?” he …

Tamil as Court language: Justice Katju supports Lawyers, will meet CJ and CM ; AIBA urges suspension of protesting lawyers
9 years, 6 months ago

Tamil as Court language: Justice Katju supports Lawyers, will meet CJ and CM ; AIBA urges suspension of protesting lawyers

Live Law  

Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India Justice Markandey Katju has shown his support for the Tamil lawyers’ demand for making Tamil as the Court language of madras High Court. “Why then should other languages like Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujrati, Kashmiri, Marathi, Telugu, Oriya, Assamese, etc not be allowed in Court proceedings in the High Courts?” he …

CM reiterates demand for Tamil in HC
11 years, 11 months ago

CM reiterates demand for Tamil in HC

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday urged the Union government and the Supreme Court to reconsider their stand on the State’s demand on allowing the use of Tamil in the Madras High Court. Making the appeal at the joint conference of the Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of the High Courts at New Delhi, Ms. Jayalalithaa stated: “If we are to …

Ishrat Jahan Case: SC Rejects Gujarat Govt Plea
14 years, 4 months ago

Ishrat Jahan Case: SC Rejects Gujarat Govt Plea

India TV News  

New Delhi, Nov 12 : In an embarrassment to the Gujarat government, the Supreme Court today dismissed its plea challenging the constitution of a special investigation team by the Gujarat High Court to probe the "fake" encounter killing of teenager Ishrat Jahan and three others. A bench of justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar rejected the state's plea …

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