Articles

• Can an accused detained under a preventive detention regulation without being shown the material basis for the Home Minister’s satisfaction obtain a writ of habeas corpus from the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an accused detained under an emergency presidential order seek release through the statutory power to free illegally detained persons in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an accused escape murder liability when his command to fire was generic and the investigation lacked a formal identification parade?
• Can an accused manufacturing unit owner obtain a writ of habeas corpus when arrested under a revenue recovery scheme without any prior hearing?
• Can an accused operating a chemical processing unit in a town area challenge a High Court order that the district board can enforce a municipal licence despite the Town Areas Act?
• Can an accused postal clerk successfully appeal a wilful detention conviction on the ground that wilful requires purposeful intent in an appeal before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an accused rely on the doctrine of autrefois acquit to stop the Punjab and Haryana High Court from ordering a fresh trial on assault and theft charges during an appeal against a breach of trust conviction?
• 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?