Articles

• Can a managing agency challenge a customs confiscation order and excessive fine through a writ of certiorari in the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the tribunal applied a strict liability provision without proof of knowledge?
• Can a mining director challenge the validity of a safety regulation in a writ petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court to stop criminal proceedings?
• Can a new proprietor successfully challenge a theft conviction on the basis of a claim of right through a revision petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court obtain a writ of habeas corpus to free a six year old child taken into protective custody without a warrant and to void an improperly constituted tribunal?
• Can a petitioner challenge an election tribunal’s refusal to allow an amendment that merely clarifies the missing certificate of non‑disqualification?
• Can a preventive detention notice that only mentions “involvement in clandestine activities” and the absence of written grounds in the magistrate’s report be quashed through a writ of habeas corpus before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a preventive detention order based on multiple grounds be invalidated when some grounds are not essential commodities?
• Can a private contractor who provided transport to a minor who voluntarily left her parents’ home successfully challenge a kidnapping conviction in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a proprietor contest a customs confiscation and penalty in the Punjab and Haryana High Court based on inheritance and good faith purchase?
• Can a proprietor of a family run textile showroom successfully contest a rest day conviction in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?