Gujarat HC to Remain Closed from 12th to 15th September as a Precautionary Measure after 12 of Employees Test COVID Positive

Legal Insiders Sep 11, 2020 Neha Bharti ( Editor: Ekta Joshi ) 2 Shares

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The Honorable Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court has passed an order to close the Court from 12th September 2020 to 15th September 2020. As High Court was planning to function physically from the 14th of September 2020, for precaution all the employees of the High Court were tested on the 9th of September 2020 for COVID-19. It was found that 12 of its employees were tested positive.

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The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has a work of cleaning and sanitizing entire premises of the High Court, Judicial Academy, Auditorium, Post Office, etc. and to carry out the work of cleaning and sanitization Municipal Corporation will the take time period of 3 to 4 days. The work will start on the 12th of September 2020. Therefore, the judicial work i.e. virtual and physical will remain suspended from the 12th of September 2020 till the 15th of September 2020.

The physical functioning of the court with a limitation will restart from the 16th of September 2020 after the work of cleaning and sanitization by Municipal Corporation.

Gujarat High Court Quashes Sedition Case Against Journalist Who Reported on a Possible Change in State Leadership

Judiciary Nov 10, 2020 Parul Singhal ( Editor: Ekta Joshi ) 5 Shares

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (6th November) quashed a sedition case registered against a journalist Dhaval Rajnikant Patel for allegedly publishing a report on a possible change in state leadership due to criticism over the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the State. The background of the case is that Dhaval published an article in the Web Portal called “Face the Nation” wherein he stated that looking to the failure of the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, he is likely to be...

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A Child Cannot be Deprived of Mother’s Milk and Protection as it is his/her Birthright: Gujarat HC

Judiciary Nov 09, 2020 Atharwa Gauraha ( Editor: Ekta Joshi ) 12 Shares

The Gujarat high court said that being accepted in the warmth and security of motherhood is the birthright of a child because the mother's milk is the base of its health and nutrition. With this observation, the Gujarat high court directed a man to hand over custody to the mother of his seven-month-old son, who knocked at the doors of the HC after she obtained no relief from the lower courts, which are not fully operational due to the situation of Covid-19.The woman, who is from Lunawada,...

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