Articles

• Can a senior public servant challenge a conviction for alleged diversion of electronic components when the prosecution lacked a sanction and the jury was misdirected on physical participation?
• Can a suspect’s confession obtained under alleged magistrate threats be declared involuntary in a murder robbery case before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a trader who promised cash payment while financially incapable seek a revision petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a vague sanction order and an unnotified special magistrate appointment invalidate the criminal proceedings against a senior administrative officer?
• Can a warehouse manager be held liable for possession of high proof spirit when only one bottle was chemically tested and the inference of possession is based solely on his administrative control of the premises?
• Can a writ petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court quash a certificate of appeal granted to only one convict in a night time raid case where the other convicts were denied?
• Can an accused challenge a FIR filed years after a wartime regulation expired by seeking a quashing order through a revision petition?
• 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 senior advocates successfully challenge a criminal contempt conviction after submitting an unqualified apology?
• Can sub inspectors appeal the Punjab and Haryana High Court direction to lodge a perjury complaint based on an alleged illegal detention?