Articles

• Can a senior police constable challenge a murder conviction that rests on a withdrawn statement in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a senior police officer contest a perjury conviction by asserting that the magistrate did not conduct a required preliminary enquiry before taking cognizance?
• Can a senior procurement officer successfully petition the Punjab and Haryana High Court to quash an FIR that is based only on an uncorroborated junior clerk’s statement and lacks any forensic verification of alleged forged tender documents?
• Can a senior revenue clerk obtain quashing of a corruption conviction in the Punjab and Haryana High Court by challenging the investigation rank and the jurisdiction after the Special Judge amendment?
• Can a senior revenue officer obtain a revision of his conviction for falsifying accounts when the protective sanction was not secured before cognizance in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a senior telecommunications technician challenge a disciplinary pay reduction and criminal charge for alleged participation in an essential services protest through a writ petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a Sessions Judge order a commitment for trial to a Court of Session when the offence is also triable by a magistrate and the magistrate refuses to obey before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can a Sessions Judge order commitment to a Sessions Court after the defence stage when the magistrate has not discharged the accused?
• Can a small scale cultivator’s claim of private defence succeed when the fatal strike was delivered after the victim had fallen in an irrigation water dispute?
• Can a spouse obtain a writ of habeas corpus from the Punjab and Haryana High Court when a parent claims protective custody over a missing adult?