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Aug 12 2014

U.O.i. and anr. Vs. Sajeev V. Deshphande

Court : Supreme Court of India

Decided on : Aug-12-2014

Subject : Land Acquisition

Act, three colonial enactments to some extent dealt with the legislative subject matter of the Act. They are Opium Act, 1857, The Opium Act, 1878 and the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930. Subsequently, various international treaties and protocols etc. dealing … punishment extends upto 20 years and carries a fine upto 2 lakhs and for special reasons even more. Section 23[6]. prescribes the punishment for illegal import to India or export out of India of narcotic drugs and psychotropic

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Dec 20 2024

Narcotics Control Bureau versus Kashif

Court : Supreme Court of India

Decided on : Dec-20-2024

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : [2024]12S.C.R.1406

Cited Maxwell on Interpretation of Statutes, Tenth Edition. List of Acts Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Opium Act, 1857; Opium Act, 1878; Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930; Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Seizure, Storage, Sampling and Disposal) Rules, … highly erroneous and deserves to be quashed and set aside. [Paras 11, 23, 25, 40] Case Law Cited Pooran Mal v. Director of Inspection (Investigation) … of 2024) 20 December 2024 [Bela M. Trivedi* and Satish Chandra Sharma, JJ.] Issue for Consideration Interpretation of Section 52A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. Headnotes† Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

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Aug 16 2001

Jasbir Singh Vs. VipIn Kumar Jaggi and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Decided on : Aug-16-2001

Subject : NarcoticsCriminal

Acts : Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - Sections 4(1) and (3), 21, 23, 29, 64 and 64 (1), (2) and (3); Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1973 - Sections 306, 307, 311, 321 and 482; Constitution of India - Articles 20, 20 (2), 215 and 226; Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1898 - Sections 337 and 338; Opium Act, 1857; Opium (Amendment) Act, 1878; Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930; Income Tax Act, 1961 - Sections 291; Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860

Reported in : AIR2001SC2734; 2001ALLMR(Cri)1949(SC); 2001(2)ALT(Cri)310; 2001CriLJ3993; 2001(4)Crimes127(SC); 93(2001)DLT44(SC); 2001(132)ELT529(SC); JT2001(6)SC419; RLW2002(1)SC5; 2001(

Section 64 of the Act.22. The Act consolidated and amended earlier laws relating to narcotic drugs, namely, the Opium Act, 1857, the Opium Act, 1878 and the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930. In the Act's Statement of Objects and Reasons, … J.1. Leave granted.2. The appellant is under trial for offences alleged to have bene committed under Sections 21 23 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (referred to hereafter as the 'Act'). The

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Jan 23 2026

Great Legalisation Movement India Trust vs Union of India and Ors.

Court : Delhi

Decided on : Jan-23-2026

Subject : Land Acquisition

number of Central and NEGI W.P.(C) 7608/2019 Page 3 of 11state enactments. The principal Central Acts, namely, the Opium Act, 1857, the Opium Act, 1878 and the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 were enacted a long time ago. With the … Great LegislationMovement India Trust under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, challenging the vires of Sections 8(b), 8(c), first proviso to Section 8, Sections 9, 10, 12, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,

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Oct 20 2022

The State Of Himachal Pradesh Vs. Nirmal Kaur @ Nimmo

Court : Supreme Court of India

Decided on : Oct-20-2022

Subject : Narcotics

to the present enactment, i.e., the 1985 Act coming into force.20. The first of such enactments was the Opium Act, 1857 (for short, “1857 Act”), which was enacted for preventing illicit cultivation of ‘poppy’ and for regulating the cultivation … contents of ‘poppy husk’. After completion of the investigation, the respondent was charged with the offence punishable under Section 15(c) of the 1985 Act for possessing commercial quantity of ‘poppy straw’. The respondent pleaded not guilty and … may extend to minimum ten thousand rupees up to two lakh rupees. 2329. It could thus be seen that, for bringing home the guilt of

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Oct 29 2020

Tofan Singh Vs. The State Of Tamil Nadu

Court : Supreme Court of India

Decided on : Oct-29-2020

Subject : Right to Information

is exercised in India through a number of Central and State enactments. The principal Central Acts, namely the Opium Act, 1857, the Opium Act, 1878 and the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 were enacted a long time ago. With the … appellant when his statement(s) in question were recorded by the RPF officer.” 23 20.We now come to the judgment of this Court in Nandini Satpathy … on three grounds, as follows: “24.1. The conviction is based solely on the purported confessional statement recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act which has no evidentiary value inasmuch as: (a) The statement was given to

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Feb 24 1998

State of Himachal Pradesh Vs. Soran Singh

Court : Himachal Pradesh

Decided on : Feb-24-1998

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - Sections 2, 5 to 30, 41, 42, 43, 44, 49, 50, 51, 52(1), 57, 74, 76, 76(2), 82, 82(1) and 293; ;Opium Act, 1857 - Sections 3 and 82(1); ;Opium (Amendment) Act, 1878; ;Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930; ;Criminal Attempts Act, 1981 - Section 1(1); ;Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) - Section 293; ;Indian Penal Code (IPC) - Section 489A; ;Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985 - Rules 2, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 24(2), 31, 33, 36, 36(2) and 54

Reported in : 1998CriLJ1829

commencement. 28. The Act came into force on 16th September, 1985. By Sub-section (1) of Section 82, the Opium Act, 1857, the Opium Act, 1878 and the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 are repealed. Sub-section (2) which provides for saving, … the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Sirmaur District at Nahan in Session Trial No. 11 -N/7 of 1990 dated 23-4-1991 acquitting the respondent-accused for the offence under Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

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Jul 15 1999

State of Orissa Vs. Hari Behera and anr.

Court : Orissa

Decided on : Jul-15-1999

Subject : Narcotics

Acts : Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - Sections 82(1); Orissa Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1989 - Sections 74 and 82(2) - Rule 107(2); General Clauses Act - Sections 24; Opium Act - Sections 9 and 47; Bihar and Orissa Excise Act

Reported in : 1999(II)OLR236

be adopted after such a long lapse of time.5. Section 82(1) of the N.D.P.S. Act has repealed the Opium Act. 1857, the Opium Act, 1878 and the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930. Along with the enactment of the Legislature, necessary … of Excise to investigate into the offences. There is no dispute that subsequently notification has been issued on 23.3.1988 empowering all officers above the rank of Sub-Inspector of Excise of the State to exercise the powers and

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Sep 25 1998

Harnek Singh Vs. the State of Punjab [Overruled] Overruled

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Decided on : Sep-25-1998

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - Sections 17 and 30; General Clauses Act, 1897 - Sections 6 and 24

Reported in : 1999CriLJ635

November 14, 1985 vide S.O. No. 821(E), dated 14-11-1985. On coming into force, the Act of 1985, the Opium Act, 1857 (13 of 1857), Opium Act, 1878 (1 of 1878) and the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 (2 of 1930) … were thus without any authority of law. Consequently, the proceedings were quashed. 23. The Narcotic Drugs and psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short NDPS Act) … 161A were incorporated in the proposed legislation with an enhanced punishment, it is not necessary to retain those sections in the Indian Penal Code. Consequently, it was proposed to delete those sections with the necessary saving provision.

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Jan 06 2025

Bharat Aambale versus the State of Chhattisgarh

Court : Supreme Court of India

Decided on : Jan-06-2025

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : [2025]1S.C.R.1524

453 - referred to. List of Acts Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881; Opium Act, 1857; Opium Act, 1878; Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930; Narcotic Drugs or Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 1988; Narcotic Drugs and … 906; Mohammed Khalid & Anr. v. State of Telangana [2024] 3 SCR 23 : (2024) 5 SCC 393; Narcotics Control Bureau v. Kashif, 2024 SCC … [J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan, JJ.] Issue for Consideration Appellant had been convicted by the Courts below under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. The issue was whether the conviction could be said

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