Articles

• 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?
• Can an Indian citizen convicted for entering without a passport obtain relief through a criminal revision before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can extreme intoxication by a night shift security guard who fired at a teenager defeat the intent element required for a murder conviction in an appeal to the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can municipal officers avoid contempt liability when an extended stay order is communicated only by an informal court clerk note?