Articles

• Can an accused whose FIR and police report were never served before trial obtain relief through a revision petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an Additional District Magistrate who temporarily assumed District Magistrate duties lawfully issue a detention order?
• Can an aggrieved co owner appeal the dismissal of a false affidavit application in a civil land partition case?
• Can an ambiguous medical release order justify a rearrest without a documented conditional release?
• Can an appeal to the Punjab and Haryana High Court succeed when the trial court excluded a dying declaration on the ground that the victim’s spouse and a close relative were present and the statement was translated from his native dialect?
• Can an assignment of a shop lease be treated as relinquishment under the rent control law?
• Can an editor who published an editorial accusing judges of political bias obtain a quashing of a contempt rule in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an executor challenge the validity of a magistrate’s proclamation and attachment of estate cash and negotiable instruments intended to compel a contempt respondent’s appearance?
• Can an importer obtain a mandamus order from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to overturn a customs classification that imposed a penalty despite reliance on an official circular?
• Can an importer prove that contracts were concluded before the reorganisation to defeat customs confiscation and penalty orders in a writ petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?