Ahmedabad, June 6 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Saturday carried out a demolition drive against unauthorised constructions on municipal land in Motera Koteshwar village, acting on directions issued by the Gujarat High Court amid a long-running legal dispute over the site. The operation targeted houses and structures identified by the civic body as illegal encroachments on AMC-owned land near Asaram Ashram.Municipal officials said the action was limited to portions deemed un…
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New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the legal basis for exempting Waqf institutions from payment of court fees in proceedings before Waqf Tribunals, orally observing that any such claim must be backed by a clear statutory provision.A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Aravind Kumar was hearing a special leave petition (SLP) against orders of the Gujarat High Court which had affirmed decisions of the Gujarat State Waqf Tribunal rejecting suits filed by Waqf instituti…
Ahmedabad, May 21 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested a 53-year-old actor who allegedly spent nearly a decade evading authorities after jumping parole while serving a life sentence in a 2005 murder case, officials said on Thursday. The accused, identified as Hemant Vaishnav, also known as Hemant Modi, was arrested from a rented residence near Gheekanta Metro Station in Ahmedabad.Police said he had been declared a parole jumper on July 25, 2014, after failing to surrender following a 3…
Gandhinagar, May 13 (IANS) Retired Gujarat High Court judge Justice Biren Vaishnav was on Wednesday sworn in as the Lokayukta of Gujarat at a ceremony held at Lok Bhavan in Gandhinagar, with Governor Acharya Devvrat administering the oath of office. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Gujarat Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, members of the state Cabinet and senior government officials attended the oath-taking ceremony.According to an official statement issued…
Ahmedabad, April 17 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by the Asaram Ashram Trust in a long-running land dispute in the Motera area in Ahmedabad, upholding orders to resume the land and clearing the way for the state government to take possession of more than 45,000 square metres of prime land.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice D.N. Ray affirmed an earlier judgment delivered by a single judge, which had upheld the Ahmedabad Collect…
Gandhinagar, April 10 (IANS) The Gujarat Police has introduced an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based investigation tool designed to strengthen the handling of narcotics cases and improve conviction rates, in what officials say is the first such system deployed by any state police force in India.The application, named ‘NARIT AI’ (Narcotics Analysis and RAG-based Investigation Tool), was launched in Gandhinagar as part of the state’s zero-tolerance approach to drug-related offences.It is int…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court has expressed strong displeasure over the delay by the Gujarat government in deciding the plea for premature release of a life convict, warning that failure to adhere to the policy timelines could invite “strict penal orders”, including suo motu contempt proceedings. A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan said that despite granting more than three months’ time earlier, the state government had failed to take a final decision on th…
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) In a case of a fake bomb scare, a 58-year-old passenger was arrested at the Mumbai airport for allegedly creating chaos with a hoax bomb alert, police said.According to officials, the accused, Shanti Kothari, was arrested after immigration officials at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport stopped him from boarding a Mumbai-Delhi flight. The accused allegedly screamed that a bomb was planted in a Mumbai-Ghaziabad flight and created chaos on the premis…
Gandhinagar, March 24 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Tuesday argued in the Gujarat Assembly that the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) was essential to address legal inequalities faced by women. Speaking during the discussion after the legislation was tabled by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Sanghavi said disparities arising from personal laws had created situations where women struggled to secure justice.“Our Constitution ensures legal rights to everyone,” he said, adding t…
Gandhinagar, March 18 (IANS) The Gujarat Legislative Assembly was placed on high alert on Wednesday after an anonymous email threatened to detonate bombs at the complex and other key locations across the state.The Assembly session, which was underway at the time, was suspended, and all MLAs, ministers, and staff were safely evacuated.Security agencies, including the police, Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), bomb disposal squad, and dog squad teams, immediately cordoned off the premises and conducted a…