Articles

• Can a detainee obtain a writ of habeas corpus from the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the preventive detention order was issued without communicating the grounds and a public interest declaration was made after a long delay?
• Can a detention that missed the six month statutory review be challenged through a habeas corpus petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a disqualification order be set aside when the statutory notice requirement was ignored despite the candidate’s prior hearing on the expense charge?
• Can a father be forced to produce a minor alleged to be his spouse despite claiming ignorance of her location?
• Can a freight handler challenge the customs officer’s authority to search at a highway checkpoint in a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a later amendment that provides an automatic continuation of detention be applied retrospectively to a detention order that omitted any period?
• Can a lawyer in Chandigarh High Court challenge a life sentence when the trial court failed to record the accused’s statement?
• Can a magistrate dismiss a criminal complaint on the basis of private defence without first issuing process in a case before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a magistrate dismiss a homicide complaint without recording any reasons and still be valid?
• Can a magistrate order the accused to be examined in a committal proceeding before the Punjab and Haryana High Court when only documentary records are before the court?