insufficiently stamped sale deed
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The respondents submitted that the sale deed in question had been retained by the Registrar due to insufficiency of stamp and was thus, not in their possession.

dying person false statement
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The prosecution’s case was mainly with respect to the dying declaration of the deceased woman to the medical officer who treated the woman. However, the trial court observed that the dying declaration was a cyclostyled document, and the endorsement of the doctor was taken later.

Delay in curing registry defects
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The Court noted that the registry did not follow the procedure prescribed in the GHC Rules for movement of the papers from the registry to the competent Court, thus there was no occasion for consideration by the Court concerned as to whether the respondents were entitled to condonation of delay in removal of office objections.

PG Hostel Homestay Registration
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The Court directed the respondents to publicise the pre-requisite conditions necessary to be fulfilled before a premise may be used as a PG Hostel or a Home Stay.

Gujarat High Court
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The counsels for the Narayan Sai urged that the final hearing of the appeal may take considerable time and therefore, at this stage, Narayan Sai may be enlarged on temporary bail for a period of 15 days to meet his ailing father.

Justice Anjaria
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Justice Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria was serving as the 34th Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court prior to being appointed as Judge of Supreme Court in May 2025.

Gujarat High Court
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The Union contended that Sunil had not paid anything to the various banks that had given credit facilities amounting to approximately Rs. 2947 Crores to the Sai Infosystem (India) Ltd.

Gujarat High Court
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“The Government Resolution confers financial benefits as a benevolent resolution acknowledging the contribution of such employees who have expired while performing essential services during the Covid-19 pandemic on behalf of the State Government.”

s 25 hma permanent alimony
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The Family Court while decreeing the dissolution marriage, had directed the appellant-husband to pay a sum of Rs. 70 lakhs towards permanent alimony to the respondent-wife.

Gujarat High Court
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“It is evident that the petitioner is blackmailing and is trying to extort money from the businessmen of the Surat city by creating fear in their mind that if they do not shell money, he would make a complaint of violation of one or the other laws.”

Gujarat High Court
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The Court stated that the fact remained that seven patients were forced to undergo the procedure of angioplasty without their wish and without any need in some cases. Furthermore, the material on record suggested that no proper post operational care was taken.

Gujarat High Court
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The Court noted that Narayan attempted to bribe government officials and had a poor conduct in jail due to which he was punished several times. Additionally, cases had been registered against his disciples for threatening or assaulting the witnesses.

Gujarat High Court
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“The re-evaluation of the marks beyond the specified period at the discretion of the GPSC at any stage will be an anathema to the finalization/conclusion of the result. The final merit list or the result will always remain in the state of flux putting the career of the candidates at peril if such an approach, is allowed to be adopted.”

judicial officers judges gujarat hc
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The Supreme Court Collegium in March 2025, had recommended the names of 8 Judicial Officers for appointment as High Court Judges.

Gujarat High Court
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The Court stated that since the land was a notified water body and no construction could be permitted on it, the constructions carried out by the residents was illegal.

Gujarat High Court
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The Court held that the petitioner was the alleged girlfriend of the complainant’s husband, and no other status or relation had been assigned to her for prosecution under Section 498A of the IPC.

Section 15(2) Copyright Act
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In the present case, the Supreme Court examined the vagaries of IP law and the intrinsic synergy that exists between two independent legislations, namely the Designs Act and the Copyright Act.

Gujarat High Court
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“When the parents are in conflict, the child’s well-being should remain of paramount concern, the Court must ensure that the minor child is not treated as an object to be passed back and forth, but rather a person whose stability and security must carefully be protected.”

Gujarat High Court
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“It cannot be said that an 86 years-old ailing person, who is desperate to get himself treated, can confine his treatment to a particular therapy or a particular system of medicines.”

Gujarat High Court
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‘On the complete extinguishment of all tax liabilities of the Corporate Debtor upon the approval of the Resolution Plan, there could be no occasion whatsoever for the IT Commissioner to issue the impugned notice under Section 263 of the Act, seeking to revise the assessment order for the Assessment Year 2020-21.’