Articles

• Can the accused contest a magistrate’s approver order on the ground that the pardon does not extend to an Official Secrets breach?
• Can the accused contest the validity of a preventive order that prohibits assemblies in the vicinity of a proposed plant on constitutional grounds?
• Can the accused directors obtain a stay of criminal proceedings by filing a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against a price control order on surgical gloves?
• Can the accused justify stabbing a husband who attempted to forcibly take his wife away as private defence in a Punjab and Haryana High Court appeal?
• Can the accused obtain a fresh trial instead of a confirmed death sentence when the Chandigarh High Court set aside the jury verdict for misdirection?
• Can the accused obtain an interim stay of criminal proceedings while challenging the price reduction directive as ultra vires in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the accused obtain bail while a revision petition challenges a conviction for criminal breach of trust based on missing alloy and alleged joint liability?
• Can the accused obtain relief through a revision petition when the Sessions Court judge introduced an irrelevant corporate memorandum to the jury and the government invoices reflected no inflated amount?
• Can the accused overturn a conviction for assault on a public servant by challenging the legality of a search that was carried out without a written record of the grounds in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the accused successfully challenge a bribery conviction on the ground that the court appointed commissioner was not a public servant?