Articles

• Can an accused obtain the right to testify as a defence witness through a criminal revision before the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the trial has already begun?
• Can an accused prove that the sanction issued under a repealed state export control ordinance is invalid and that a fresh approval under the foreign exchange management law is required?
• Can an accused stop a magistrate’s contempt action that was filed after alleging the magistrate’s bias and bribery in a transfer request?
• Can an accused whose conviction was obtained through a summons trial after the disturbed zone was cancelled and the temporary Urban Disturbance Act expired obtain a writ of certiorari and mandamus from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to quash the conviction?
• Can an acquittal on an anti corruption charge because of missing sanction invalidate a separate conviction for misappropriation of public funds before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an appeal filed with an uncertified copy of the judgment be heard after the limitation period in a criminal case before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an arrest for alleged tax default be challenged as unlawful when the accused was detained for over twenty four hours without a pre arrest hearing in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can senior technicians who were barred from a power plant after a circular that deemed them voluntarily resigned claim they were locked out for a criminal revision?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court excuse the delay in filing a criminal appeal when the State could not secure a certified copy of the judgment in time?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court quash a magistrate’s dismissal when a community alleges that a clay figurine smashed at a rally was a sacred object?