Articles

• Can the Home Secretary’s sanction for a criminal defamation case be set aside because it lacks a factual basis and the complaint was not signed by the Finance Minister?
• Can the inconsistency between an initial statement naming two attackers and a later statement naming four make a dying declaration unreliable for a murder conviction?
• Can the inflated invoice and audit report alone prove dishonest intent for a cheating conviction in a municipal fraud case?
• Can the invalid central sanction and alleged jurisdictional error be raised in an appeal before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the journalist obtain relief through a revision petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court after the court applied the criminal standard of proof to the good faith defence in a defamation case?
• Can the lack of a hearing before the six month deadline render the original preventive detention order void and make the subsequent fresh order unlawful in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the lack of an oath on a nine year old’s testimony affect the outcome of a criminal appeal in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the lack of exact dates in a charge sheet be challenged in a Punjab and Haryana High Court appeal?
• Can the lack of statutory authorisation for a complaint be raised before the Punjab and Haryana High Court to overturn a conviction for unauthorised absence?
• Can the lack of test protocols in a public analyst’s triplicate report invalidate a misbranding conviction and justify a revision petition?