Articles

• Can an appellate court increase a three year rigorous imprisonment to ten years without recording very strong reasons on the face of its judgment?
• Can senior advocates successfully challenge a criminal contempt conviction after submitting an unqualified apology?
• Can sub inspectors appeal the Punjab and Haryana High Court direction to lodge a perjury complaint based on an alleged illegal detention?
• Can the FIR against a senior public works officer be quashed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court due to the absence of a mandatory government sanction?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court quash a conviction and forfeiture where the charges did not detail the forged procurement documents and the luxury vehicle lacks a proven link to the crime?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court reexamine the entire evidence and replace an acquittal with a conviction in a murder case involving a farmer and a hired labourer?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside a tribunal’s void election order for not recording findings on alleged assistance by government servants?
• Can the State appeal the acquittal of three accused in a murder case by asserting that the circumstantial evidence establishes an irresistible presumption of guilt before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the accused challenge a Sessions Court conviction on the basis of an involuntary confession through a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the accused challenge a disqualification and corrupt practice finding by filing a review petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the alleged contract is with a state run health corporation and a senior civil servant was named polling agent?