Articles

• Can the commitment to the Court of Session under the special procedural provision be challenged as a violation of the equality guarantee before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the contradictory statements of an approver and a confession recorded under police custody be challenged through a writ of certiorari before the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can the conviction be set aside by a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court when the confession was recorded after more than forty eight hours of police detention and the approver’s statements changed after a promise of leniency?
• Can the conviction be set aside in Punjab and Haryana High Court because jurors lacked the ability to read English documents and the appeal memorandum did not specify a question of law?
• Can the conviction for murder be overturned in a revision petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court if the approver’s statements were given after a promise of pardon and the confession was obtained while the accused was still in police custody?
• Can the conviction for publishing a critical editorial be quashed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the ground of an over broad restriction on free speech?
• Can the conviction of a senior clerk in a government owned transport corporation be challenged on the ground that the non obstante clause limits the public servant definition to offences under the Penal Code?
• Can the customs penalty and seizure of foreign exchange and a prohibited firearm be argued as punishment before the Punjab and Haryana High Court to bar subsequent criminal prosecutions?
• Can the handwritten record of discussions prepared by the chief auditor be excluded as a former statement when copies were not served to the accused?
• Can the jurisdictional defect of a Special Court trying a conspiracy charge not mentioned in the distribution notice be challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?