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Gujarat High Court Allows Revision Application, Discharges Directors in Criminal Breach of Trust Case Due to Lack of Vicarious Liability. Held that directors cannot be held vicariously liable for offences under Sections 405 and 406 IPC committed by the company without specific allegations of their involvement....

The applicants, Darpankumar Jitendrabhai Shah and another, filed a criminal revision application under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, challenging the order dated 13.10.2...

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Gujarat High Court Quashes Trial Court Order Allowing Late Filing of Written Statement in Civil Suit — Violation of Order 8 Rule 1 CPC. Court holds that discretion to condone delay in filing written statement must be supported by sufficient cause and cannot be exercised mechanically....

The petitioners, original plaintiffs in Regular Civil Suit No. 294/2010 pending before the Court of Additional Senior Civil Judge (Rural), Ahmedabad, filed a suit for declaration and permanent injunct...

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High Court of Gujarat Allows Appeal in Motor Accident Claim Case Due to Negligence of ST Bus Driver — GSRTC Held Vicariously Liable for Compensation. The court held that the driver of the ST bus was negligent in causing the accident, and the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation is vicariously liable to pay compensation to the injured pillion rider....

The appellant, Rajesh Veljibhai Radadiya, was a pillion rider on a motorcycle that met with an accident involving an ST bus owned by the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC). The accident ...

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Gujarat High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Corruption Case — Decoy Trap Found Invalid Due to Lack of Prior Complaint and Independent Witnesses. The acquittal of a public servant under Sections 7, 13(1)(d), 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 was upheld as the prosecution failed to prove demand and acceptance beyond reasonable doubt....

The State of Gujarat filed an appeal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgment and order of acquittal dated 25.04.2008 passed by the learned Special Judge & Additi...

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Gujarat High Court Partly Allows Revision in NI Act Case, Modifies Sentence to Fine After Full Deposit of Cheque Amount. The Court held that once the cheque amount is deposited, the sentence of imprisonment can be substituted with fine under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881....

The applicant, Ushaben Jaykumar Bhaitya, was convicted by the JMFC, Dahod in Criminal Case No.1625 of 2014 for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI Act) and senten...

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High Court of Gujarat Hears Second Appeal Challenging Partial Decree in Partition Suit — Appellants Argue Suit Barred by Limitation Due to Revenue Entry Mutation in 1983....

The matter arose from a suit filed by daughters of deceased Kachraji Aataji claiming partition of ancestral properties, specifically land bearing survey Nos. 682 and 683 in village Tintoda, Gandhinaga...

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Gujarat High Court Examines Whether Appeal is Barred by Res Judicata and Abatement in Suit for Specific Performance; Court Notes that Plaintiffs Did Not Appeal Decree in Companion Suit and Failed to Bring All Legal Heirs On Record....

The appeal arises from the judgment and decree dated 18.03.2000 passed by the trial court in Special Civil Suit No. 176 of 1991 and Regular Civil Suit No. 399 of 1990. The plaintiffs had filed the sui...

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Gujarat High Court Allows Revision Application in Maintenance Case After Settlement and Divorce by Mutual Consent. The court quashed the maintenance order under Section 125 CrPC as the parties resolved all disputes and executed a divorce deed....

The case involves a criminal revision application filed by the husband (applicant) against an order dated 03.12.2011 passed by the learned JMFC, Amod, in Criminal Misc. Application No. 128 of 2010, gr...