Articles

• Can an executor challenge the validity of a magistrate’s proclamation and attachment of estate cash and negotiable instruments intended to compel a contempt respondent’s appearance?
• Can an executor of a deceased parent’s estate challenge the attachment of undistributed securities and cash by a district court in a contempt proceeding before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an importer prove that contracts were concluded before the reorganisation to defeat customs confiscation and penalty orders in a writ petition 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 internal departmental directive demanding clearance before initiating court proceedings be used as a defence against a contempt allegation in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an occupier claim private defence of property after installing a live wire trap that caused a trespasser’s death?
• Can municipal officers avoid contempt liability when an extended stay order is communicated only by an informal court clerk note?
• Can partners accused of filing false GST returns obtain a quashing of the criminal case by filing a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court based on the three month limitation defence?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court overturn a murder conviction when forensic evidence on a shotgun wound suggests a close range discharge?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court quash a murder conviction based on the unlawful assembly law when the acquittal of two co‑accused reduces the assembly to fewer than five persons?