Articles

• Can an accused successfully challenge an FIR for criminal defamation of a Governor in a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the sanction order is not backed by a specific authorisation?
• Can an accused who diverted merchandise abroad challenge the state sanction on the ground that he was not an Indian citizen at the material time?
• Can an accused who was previously discharged on the ground that his name was not sent up be summoned again and face a non bailable warrant after new eyewitness evidence?
• Can an accused whose conviction rests on an unpublished state narcotics regulation obtain relief through a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an accused whose conviction was upheld by the Punjab and Haryana High Court obtain a certiorious writ by showing that the eyewitness identification and dying declarations are unreliable?
• Can an activist charged for urging non payment of a water surcharge obtain a writ of quashing from the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an adult who only provided transportation to a sixteen year old who voluntarily left home be convicted of kidnapping in a Punjab and Haryana High Court appeal?
• Can an appellate court increase a three year rigorous imprisonment to ten years without recording very strong reasons on the face of its judgment?
• Can an arrest for alleged tax default be challenged as unlawful when the accused was detained for over twenty four hours without a pre arrest hearing in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an exculpatory statement describing a natural death be used as a confession to sustain a conviction for concealment of a death in a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?