Articles

• Can the trial court continue proceedings against a forensic analyst when the alleged offence requires a prior court complaint?
• Can the vacancy in the district magistrate’s office render a preventive detention order signed by an additional magistrate ultra vires?
• Should a lease holder challenge a magistrate's attachment of his vehicle for alleged shop rent arrears in Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a broken electricity meter seal and an exposed aperture without evidence of under registration satisfy the evidential threshold for a dishonest abstraction conviction before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a magistrate’s acquittal be challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the offence of forgery of a valuable security was not charged?
• Can a private security guard argue before the Punjab and Haryana High Court that appearing with cash at a meeting does not amount to dealing with prohibited bronze statues?
• Can an exporter challenge a customs seizure and excessive penalty on a high grade alloy scrap shipment after obtaining a licence and laboratory certification?
• Can the appellate court order the sales ledgers and further oral testimony after the magistrate’s acquittal without violating the constitutional protection against double jeopardy?
• Can the certificate of fitness be issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the only remaining issue is the credibility of an eyewitness and the authenticity of the FIR?
• Can the conviction for bigamy be challenged in Punjab and Haryana High Court through a revision petition that highlights the failure to prove the mandatory ceremonial rites of the customary marriage?