Articles

• Can the other four relatives be held liable for the farmer’s murder when the killing occurred during a violent attempt to seize land?
• Can the phrase ‘By order of the Governor’ satisfy constitutional requirements when the affidavit merely states belief without personal knowledge?
• Can the president of a textile cooperative avoid personal criminal liability for alleged cotton overpricing when the central price control order is claimed to have superseded the earlier state notification?
• Can the presumption that storing two hundred quintals of wheat indicates a dealer be rebutted in a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the procedural defects in a trial of a senior police officer convicted of murder and extortion justify a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the prosecution obtain a fresh trial by filing a revision petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court after a judge misdirection on voluntary conduct and improper admission of a police statement?
• Can the public servant status of a government appointed instructor be challenged in an appeal before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside a Sessions Court acquittal in a mob murder case when the reliability of five eyewitnesses is contested and two witnesses were unavailable?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside a theft and house trespass conviction on the ground that the Indian Penal Code did not apply at the time of the alleged break in?
• Can the Punjab and Haryana High Court transfer a corruption trial from a Special Judge to another state when bias is alleged?