Articles

• Can the conviction of a bookstore owner for selling allegedly obscene material be quashed by a revision petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court because the magistrate relied on isolated passages rather than assessing the work as a whole?
• Can the conviction of a cooperative society chairman for alleged abetment of an import control offence be appealed on the ground that the licence condition is ultra vires in the Chandigarh High Court?
• Can the conviction of a senior agricultural board administrator for not filing a quarterly performance report be challenged through a criminal revision?
• Can the conviction of a senior electricity board officer be set aside by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the basis of improper territorial jurisdiction and an unconstitutional presumption of illegality?
• Can the conviction of a senior transport official be quashed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court due to a missing sanction and erroneous jury instruction on participation?
• Can the conviction of a small trader be quashed on a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court because the Essential Supplies Act was not properly extended to the excluded hill district?
• Can the conviction of a textile unit’s managing partner be set aside on a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court by arguing that independent weavers are not workers under the Industrial Factories Regulation?
• Can the conviction of all three accused for alleged millet theft be set aside when only one person was positively identified and the village council failed to record dissenting opinions?
• Can the conviction of municipal officers be overturned in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the ground that the trial court merged conspiracy, acceptance of gratification and facilitation of escape into a single charge?
• Can the customs notice statements be used to corroborate an approver’s testimony in a criminal appeal before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?