Articles

• Can a Sub Divisional Magistrate successfully challenge a criminal contempt conviction by arguing lack of knowledge of an unauthenticated stay order in a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a convicted inmate seek a revision petition to set aside a summary dismissal of his appeal without a hearing in the Chandigarh High Court?
• Can a criminal revision before the Punjab and Haryana High Court overturn a conviction for a strike when the minority union had withdrawn from conciliation?
• Can a criminal revision before the Punjab and Haryana High Court overturn a magistrate’s trial of a summons case offence after the warrant case charge was discharged?
• Can a criminal revision before the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside a conviction based on a settlement that lacked prior notice and was negotiated by an unregistered workers’ committee?
• Can a director’s refusal to convene a general meeting create independent criminal liability for filing defaults in a Punjab and Haryana High Court appeal?
• Can a first class magistrate dismiss a maintenance application without issuing a summons to the alleged father in a case before the Chandigarh High Court?
• Can a magistrate dismiss a criminal complaint on the basis of a police enquiry report that favours the accused’s private defence claim?
• Can a magistrate dismiss a criminal complaint on the basis of private defence without first issuing process in a case before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a magistrate successfully obtain a revision of a contempt conviction when the alleged stay order was communicated only through an unauthenticated telegram?