Unmarried woman denied job on assumption of marriage in future: Gujarat High Court sets aside ‘appointment tainted by favoritism’ – The Times of India

Unmarried woman denied job on assumption of marriage in future: Gujarat High Court sets aside ‘appointment tainted by favoritism’ – The Times of India

The petitioner approached the High Court seeking quashing of the appointment order and her own appointment based on merit. (AI image) In a strongly worded decision that upheld the constitutional right to equality in the public employment, the Gujarat High Court ruled that refusal to employ an unmarried woman on the assumption that she might…

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He chose UK, she chose India: Gujarat HC paves way for couple’s divorce | India News – The Times of India

He chose UK, she chose India: Gujarat HC paves way for couple’s divorce | India News – The Times of India

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat HC has paved the way for a couple’s divorce after their marriage broke down over conflicting desires about where to live — the husband preferred living in the UK, but the wife did not want to leave India.The HC quashed Ahmedabad’s family court order that had rejected a mutual-consent divorce petition as “premature”.The…

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‘For medical treatment’: Gujarat HC grants 6-month bail to Asaram; serving life sentence in 2013 rape case | India News – The Times of India

‘For medical treatment’: Gujarat HC grants 6-month bail to Asaram; serving life sentence in 2013 rape case | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Gujarat high court on Thursday granted six months’ bail to self-styled godman Asaram in a 2013 rape case in which he is serving a life sentence — nearly a week after the Rajasthan high court granted him bail in a separate, similar case.A division bench of Justices Ilesh Vora and RT Vachhani…

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Judges mustn’t yield to lawyers’ pressure: Gujarat HC | India News – The Times of India

Judges mustn’t yield to lawyers’ pressure: Gujarat HC | India News – The Times of India

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court has said that judges yielding to intimidation or pressure from lawyers and recusing themselves from cases only fuels “browbeating, forum shopping, and attempts to influence the bench”. Justice Niral Mehta made the remark while quashing two recusals by Ahmedabad benches of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and two subsequent transfer…

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Yusuf Pathan faces legal setback, declared encroacher by Gujarat High Court | Cricket News – The Times of India

Yusuf Pathan faces legal setback, declared encroacher by Gujarat High Court | Cricket News – The Times of India

Yusuf Pathan (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) Former India cricketer and Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan is facing legal trouble over a residential plot in Vadodara. The Gujarat High Court has declared Pathan an encroacher after rejecting his petition challenging a notice from the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC). Following the judgment, civic authorities have been directed to…

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