Gandhinagar, July 7 (IANS) Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Tuesday described the High Court’s decision to uphold the death sentences of 38 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case as a verdict showing “zero mercy” for those found guilty of one of the country’s deadliest terror attacks.In a post on X, Sanghavi wrote: “38 death sentences. 11 life terms. Zero mercy. July 26, 2008 Amdavad Serial bomb blast. Today, the Gujarat High Court delivered one of India’s stronges…
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Ahmedabad, July 7 (IANS) Following the Gujarat High Court’s decision to uphold the death sentences and life imprisonment for 49 accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case, retired Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhay Chudasama, who was part of the Ahmedabad Crime Branch investigation, said the case was solved through extensive fieldwork, coordinated investigations and the collection of a vast body of evidence from across the country.Recalling the circumstances at the time on Tuesday, C…
Ahmedabad, July 7 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentences awarded to 38 convicts and life imprisonment to 11 others in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case, bringing to a close the appeals arising from one of India’s longest and most significant terrorism trials.Speaking after the verdict, Special Public Prosecutor Amit Patel said the appeals had been heard on a day-to-day basis since March 2025 before the Division Bench delivered its judgment.”The hearing in th…
Ahmedabad, July 7 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld the convictions and sentences awarded by a special court in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case, confirming death penalty for 38 convicts and life imprisonment for 11 others, rejecting appeals against the sentences.A Division Bench of Justice Alpesh Y Kogje and Justice Samir J Dave affirmed the special court’s February 2022 judgment, which had convicted 49 people for their roles in one of India’s deadliest terror attacks.Un…
Gandhinagar, July 5 (IANS) Gujarat High Court’s Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal on Saturday called for greater use of mediation as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism to strengthen the judicial process and ensure faster disposal of pending cases, while laying the foundation stone for a new judicial and advocates’ complex at Kalol in Gandhinagar district. The Chief Justice made the remarks during the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of an advanced Taluka Court and Advocates’ Com…
Surat, July 1 (IANS) The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Wednesday suspended five civil engineering officials with immediate effect and ordered a departmental inquiry into the controversial demolition of more than 100 houses in Nasirnagar, as the Gujarat High Court continues to closely examine the incident. The action follows the findings of a special investigation committee constituted by the civic body after residents challenged the demolition before the High Court.According to the SMC’s …
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court has referred a matrimonial dispute between a husband and wife to mediation and appointed former apex court judge Justice M.R. Shah as the mediator to facilitate an amicable settlement between the parties.A bench of Justices R. Mahadevan and Alok Aradhe passed the order after senior counsel appearing for both sides agreed that an attempt should first be made to resolve the dispute through mediation.”In view of the consensus arrived at between the partie…
Ahmedabad, June 26 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday organised support marches across Gujarat in solidarity with Dediapada MLA Chaitar Vasava, days after he was sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment by a sessions court in Narmada district in connection with a 2023 case involving the alleged assault of forest department officials, obstruction of public servants and extortion. The latest demonstrations were part of a statewide campaign announced by AAP on June 24.Gujarat unit in…
Gandhinagar, June 24 (IANS) The conviction and seven-year jail sentence handed to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava has placed the party’s Gujarat unit in a fresh political crisis, with legal experts and constitutional authorities indicating that the tribal leader now faces the prospect of losing his Assembly membership unless he secures timely relief from a higher court.A day after a Sessions Court in Narmada district convicted Vasava and eight others in a 2023 case involving the alleged…
Narmada, June 23 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava and eight others, including his wife Shakuntala Vasava, were sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by a sessions court in Rajpipla on Tuesday in connection with a 2023 case involving the assault of forest department officials, extortion and offences under the Arms Act. Additional Sessions Judge A.V. Hirpara pronounced the sentence after convicting the nine accused earlier in the day.The case stemmed from an incident that occurred …