Articles

• 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?
• Can every director of a chemical plant be held liable for a blast when the safety rules were originally framed under a repealed act?
• Can members of a municipal Special Review Committee argue that their internal audit function does not constitute contempt in Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can partners of an electronics manufacturing unit challenge a customs confiscation order on the ground that the evidentiary burden was not met and a retrospective amendment was applied?