Articles

• Can the conviction of a senior clerk in a government owned transport corporation be challenged on the ground that the non obstante clause limits the public servant definition to offences under the Penal Code?
• Can the conviction of a senior transport clerk be quashed in a Punjab and Haryana High Court revision petition when the court relied only on a presumption of disproportionate assets after an acquittal of dishonest misappropriation?
• Can the conviction of a senior transport officer under the Prevention of Corruption Act be set aside on appeal to the Punjab and Haryana High Court despite his lack of authority to grant vehicle registrations?
• Can the conviction of five accused be set aside in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the ground that the prosecution failed to prove a common object for unlawful assembly and the defence of private self defence was not pleaded?
• Can the conviction of two traders for murder and robbery be overturned in the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the prosecution relies solely on co accused employee confessions without independent corroboration?
• Can the cooperative society and its chairman successfully challenge a conviction for breaching an import licence condition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the grounds that the restriction was beyond the licensing authority’s power and that they did not have constructive possession?
• Can the criminal case be dismissed by challenging the validity of a tribunal award that was issued on a government order that did not describe the dispute?
• Can the criminal court determine loss of Indian citizenship based solely on a foreign passport when the central government has not issued a certification?
• Can the customs officer’s belief that sealed gold crates were smuggled be considered unreasonable given the driver’s licence and commercial sealing, prompting a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the death sentence be set aside by a revision petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court when evidence does not show which co accused caused the fatal wound in a common intention murder?