Articles

• Can an accused detained under an emergency rule with suspended court access obtain interim bail through a habeas corpus petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• Can an accused stop a distress warrant while contesting an excessive customs penalty in the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
• 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 successfully contest the admission of his own FIR in a Punjab and Haryana High Court appeal when the case hinges on circumstantial evidence and a weak alibi?
• Can an accused who introduced a forged document in a civil land dispute seek a revision before the Punjab and Haryana High Court to challenge the trial court’s procedural classification?
• Can an accused who used a kitchen knife to stop a group from forcibly removing a family member rely on the extended right of private defence?
• Can an acquittal for a bruising assault prevent a later homicide conviction arising from the same night’s violence?
• Can an adjournment order without a new magistrate signed remand lawfully keep the accused in custody after the original three day remand expires?
• Can an amendment that prolongs an existing preventive detention order without a new advisory board hearing violate the constitutional guarantee of personal liberty?
• Can an appeal before the Punjab and Haryana High Court successfully quash a conviction of a senior audit officer accused of fabricating tax rebate entries on the basis that the court exceeded its jurisdiction to set aside an acquittal?