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Gujarat High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder and Arms Act Violation in Land Dispute Shooting. Appellant-accused fired two rounds from a revolver at the deceased, causing death, and the court confirmed life imprisonment under Section 302 IPC and Section 25(1)(a) of the Arms Act, 1959....

The case arises from a land dispute that led to a fatal shooting. On 07.06.2012, the complainant and his son Nagjiji were at their agricultural field when a group of accused persons, including the app...

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Gujarat High Court Enhances Compensation for Deceased Engineering Student in Motor Accident Claim — Notional Income Reassessed at Rs.10,000 per Month. The Court held that the Tribunal's assessment of income at Rs.3,500 was too low and enhanced compensation under various heads including loss of consortium to parents....

The case involves a first appeal filed by the original claimants (parents of the deceased) against the judgment and award dated 07.07.2023 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Auxiliary), Cit...

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Gujarat High Court Partly Allows Appeal by AMTS Reducing Compensation in Motor Accident Case Due to Claimant's Contributory Negligence. The court upheld the 80:20 apportionment of negligence but reduced the compensation from Rs. 5,74,480 to Rs. 4,59,584 with 8% interest....

The case arises from a motor accident that occurred on 08.05.2006 when the claimant, Babarbhai Jethabhai Vankar, a professor aged 38, was riding an Activa scooter and was hit from behind by an AMTS bu...

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Gujarat High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Compensation Under RFCTLARR Act for Lack of Acquisition. Petition Held Misconceived as No Evidence of Acquisition or Possession by State Was Produced....

The petitioners, claiming to be heirs of deceased Keshavjibhai Nathabhai Shah, filed a Special Civil Application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Gujarat High Court. They soug...

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Gujarat High Court Allows Revision Application and Quashes Conviction Under Sections 323, 324, 325, 326 IPC Based on Compromise Between Parties. The court held that even non-compoundable offences can be quashed in the interest of justice when parties have genuinely settled and injured witnesses consent....

The case involves a criminal revision application filed by Thakor Arjanji Sardarji (since abated) and others against the State of Gujarat. The applicants were convicted by the learned 3rd Additional S...

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Gujarat High Court Allows Appeal in Motor Accident Claim Case — Applies Amended Section 163A Second Schedule Enhancing Compensation Limit to Rs. 5 Lakhs. The court, relying on K.R. Jagdish v. National Insurance Co. Ltd. 2025 ACJ 1881, held that the beneficial amendment enhancing compensation from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 5 lakhs applies retrospectively to pending appeals....

The present appeal was filed by the original claimants, Jashmatbhai Hardasbhai Vora and another, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and award dated 12.08.2013 pass...

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Gujarat High Court Quashes Pay Fixation Order in Daily Wager Service Matter, Directs Regular Pay Scale from January 1997. Benefit of Government Resolution dated 17.10.1988 Applied from Initial Appointment Date, Not from 2010, and Seniority List Error Corrected....

The matter arose from a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the High Court of Gujarat. The petitioner, a daily wager engaged by the respondent since January 1987,...

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Gujarat High Court Allows Restoration of Summary Suit Under Order XXXVII CPC After 669-Day Delay, Holding That Liberal Approach Is Required When Plaintiff Was Misled by Counsel. The court set aside the trial court's order dismissing the restoration application and condoned the delay, emphasizing that litigants should not suffer due to advocate negligence....

The petitioner, P and P Packaging, filed a Special Civil Application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India before the Gujarat High Court challenging an order dated 02.04.2025 passed by the le...

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Gujarat High Court Allows Impleadment and Amendment in Specific Performance Suit — Trial Court Order Rejected. Proposed Parties in Possession Are Proper Parties Under Order 1 Rule 10 CPC, Their Impleadment Necessary to Avoid Multiplicity of Proceedings....

The petitioners, original plaintiffs in Special Civil Suit No. 48 of 2010 pending before the 4th Senior Civil Court, Porbandar, filed a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India cha...