Articles

• Can the omission of two eyewitness statements at the committal stage and reliance on voice and gait identification justify a revision petition in a murder case?
• Can the order directing an accused in police custody to furnish handwriting and fingerprint specimens be deemed compulsion under Article 20(3)?
• Can the petitioner obtain a writ of certiorari and mandamus from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to release seized recycled copper alloy after customs imposed a fine despite a licence requiring controller certification?
• Can the portal’s claim that its reporting on communal tensions was factual defeat a pre publication order issued by the State authority?
• Can the premagistrate investigation of a junior transport clerk be deemed an illegal investigation for the purpose of a revision petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the prison superintendent’s refusal to let a detainee send his research manuscript be challenged as ultra vires in a writ before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the procedural defects in a Sessions Court order directing a complaint against a forensic pathologist be rectified through a writ of certiorari before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the proprietor overturn a conviction for a sale on a prohibited closure day by invoking the family exemption and contesting the State's legislative authority?
• Can the prosecution succeed in a criminal appeal before the Punjab and Haryana High Court by challenging the exclusion of a custodial statement that discovered a blood stained tool?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court deem a conciliation settlement invalid because the workers’ collective is unregistered and the officer gave no notice before entering the premises?