Articles

• Can senior advocates successfully challenge a criminal contempt conviction after submitting an unqualified apology?
• Can senior police officers challenge a Sessions Court order directing a perjury complaint because no full evidentiary trial on the illegal detention claim was held?
• Can sureties successfully challenge a forfeiture order on a surety bond when the appellate judgment required to trigger the penal clause was not issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• 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 absence of a female search witness during the seizure of a cash note from a wellness centre operator invalidate the conviction and the eviction order?
• Can the absence of a specific allegation that the accused fired the fatal shot invalidate a murder conviction?
• Can the accused argue that a customs seizure of protected wildlife parts and the offer of a monetary remission constitute a prosecution and punishment that bars a subsequent criminal trial before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the accused argue that asking a brothel keeper to bring a minor does not satisfy the inducement element for abetment?
• 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?