Articles

• Can an accused whose conviction was obtained through a summons trial after the disturbed zone was cancelled and the temporary Urban Disturbance Act expired obtain a writ of certiorari and mandamus from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to quash the conviction?
• Can an accused whose preventive detention order lacks a specified period and the Governor’s name obtain a writ of habeas corpus from the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an acquittal be set aside by the Punjab and Haryana High Court if the charge combined amounts spanning more than a year but the prosecution claims the error was harmless?
• Can an acquittal for voluntarily causing hurt prevent a later conviction for causing grievous hurt that resulted in death in a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an appeal against the acquittal of a senior public works official and two clerks for a scheme to award fictitious construction contracts be heard by the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an appeal limited to a firearm conviction justify a fresh trial on previously acquitted assault and theft charges?
• Can an editor challenge a contempt conviction for publishing unverified allegations of judicial corruption before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an incidental examination of a co accused’s acquittal by the Punjab and Haryana High Court be deemed ultra vires?
• Can an occupier be held criminally liable for a manager’s omission to give a safety notice when the duty is imposed on the manager alone?
• Can an occupier claim private defence of property after installing a live wire trap that caused a trespasser’s death?