Articles

• Can an accused detained under a preventive detention law contest vague and delayed grounds by seeking a writ of habeas corpus in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an accused in a disputed land sale obtain a quashing order from the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the FIR alleges cheating but the transaction was supported by a valid sale deed?
• Can an accused in an illegal timber smuggling case challenge a Special Anti Smuggling Tribunal that denies bail and limits the trial to English without any adjournments before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an accused prove payment of railway fare when the prosecution presents only a booking clerk testimony and no ticket records?
• Can an accused supervising a warehouse raid contest the statutory presumption that large liquor possession implies guilt in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an accused textile manufacturer challenge the Director’s penalty in a writ before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the ground that the amendment is substantive and cannot apply retrospectively?
• Can an accused who asserts he never struck the shopkeeper argue that the Sessions Judge should have referred the jury’s guilty verdict to the Punjab and Haryana High Court because the judge’s own charge highlighted evidentiary gaps?
• Can an accused who has earned remission credits equal to fifteen years of imprisonment obtain release from the Punjab and Haryana High Court without a formal executive remission order?
• Can an accused who ignored a personal appearance notice argue that the amended definition of foreigner does not apply to his case and seek a criminal revision in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an accused who was heavily intoxicated after a celebration be deemed to lack specific intent for murder in a revision petition?