Articles

• Can an accused whose preventive detention order lacks a specified period and the Governor’s name obtain a writ of habeas corpus from the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an editor challenge a contempt conviction for publishing unverified allegations of judicial corruption before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an editor who published an editorial accusing judges of political bias obtain a quashing of a contempt rule in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside a death sentence when the case transfer order failed to specify the FIR number and the tribunal denied a pleader?
• Can the absence of a committal hearing and restriction on defence witnesses in a Special Anti Organised Crime Court trial be challenged as a violation of the right to a fair trial?
• Can the accused argue that a second extension order issued before the amendment’s commencement is ultra vires in a habeas corpus petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the accused board members of a micro finance cooperative obtain a quashing of vague charges and prevent a fresh trial in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the accused challenge detention by a legislative speaker beyond twenty four hours through a habeas corpus petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the accused challenge the magistrate’s notice on the ground that the required sanction was not in place at the moment of cognizance?
• Can the accused obtain a writ of certiorari to quash a conviction founded on a regulation that was never published in the Official Gazette?