Articles

• Can the lack of a prior magistrate sanction invalidate a conviction for possession of an unlicensed firearm in a traffic stop?
• Can the lack of a written extension order and notice invalidate a three month preventive detention in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the lack of clear evidence of specific intent to induce police personnel to withhold duty justify a criminal revision before the high court?
• Can the lack of specific facts in the fourth paragraph of a preventive detention order defeat the order in a writ of habeas corpus before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the magistrate recorded statement that denies involvement be treated as a confession in an appeal before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the magistrate’s cognizance of a perjury complaint be invalidated when the trial judge did not record a contemporaneous finding under the exclusive false evidence procedure?
• Can the magistrate’s distress and sale order issued under a municipal tax levy be contested as a civil proceeding before the High Court?
• Can the magistrate’s externment order imposed after a missed hearing be contested on the basis that the definition of disruptive element is vague and no pre determination was made?
• Can the magistrate’s finding that a single transaction in a tailoring shop constitutes keeping a brothel be challenged through a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the magistrate’s finding that a tax audit is a court proceeding be overturned by a criminal revision before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?