Articles

• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court quash a preventive detention order when the criminal case has been withdrawn and the grounds are vague?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court quash an FIR on the ground that a statutory presumption of guilt unfairly shifts the burden of proof after a warrantless raid on a liquor warehouse?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court reexamine a retracted confession when the accused says it was obtained under duress and the prosecution relies on a blood stained shirt, recovered jewellery and a tailor identification as independent corroboration?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside a murder conviction and death penalty on the ground that the accused was first assaulted and acted in private defence during a shop dispute over a disputed amount?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside a stay of execution issued on the basis of a defunct ruler’s alleged mercy power?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside murder convictions where the common object was punitive assault and not a plan to kill?
• Can the State Election Commission’s removal of a disqualification extinguish the election tribunal’s power to examine a revised expense return?
• Can the absence of a specific allegation that the accused fired the fatal shot invalidate a murder conviction?
• Can the accused argue that his detention is unlawful because the division bench lacked authority to decide non constitutional matters after the constitution bench settled the constitutional issues and seek relief through a writ of habeas corpus in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the accused argue that the Sessions Judge should have referred both the breach of trust and falsification charges to the Punjab and Haryana High Court because they arise from the same transaction?