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Jul 10 2013 (SC)

Lily Thomas Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... ) of the unlawful activities (prevention) act, 1967 (37 of 1967); or (e) the foreign exchange (regulation) act, 1973 (46 of 1973); or (f) the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985 (61 of 1985); or (g) section 3 (offence of committing terrorist acts) or section 4 (offence of committing disruptive activities) of the terrorist and ..... , distribution, disposal, use or consumption of any essential commodity; iv) the prohibition of the withholding from sale of any essential commodity ordinarily kept for sale; (b) ".drug". has the meaning assigned to it in the durgs and cosmetics act, 1940 (23 of 1940); (c) ".essential commodity". has the meaning assigned to it in the ..... convicted for the contravention of (a) any law providing for the prevention of hoarding or profiteering; or (b) any law relating to the adulteration of food or drugs; or (c) any provisions of the dowry prohibition act, 1961 (28 of 1961); and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than six months, shall be disqualified .....

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Sep 05 2019 (SC)

P. Chidambaram Vs. Directorate of Enforcement

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... laundered. pmla contains schedules which originally contained three parts namely part a, part b and part c. part a contains various paragraphs which enumerate offences under the indian penal code, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985, offences under the explosives substances act, 1908 and the offences under the prevention of corruption act, 1988 (paragraph8) etc. the schedule was amended by act 21 .....

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Jul 27 2022 (SC)

Vijay Madanlal Choudhary Vs. Union Of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... , export from india to transhipment of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.24. external dealings in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in contravention of section 12 of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985. 25a contravention of orders made under section 9a of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985. 27a. financing illicit ..... or inducing others, by any means, to commit any of the offences established in accordance with this article or to use narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances illicitly; iv) participation in, association or conspiracy to commit, attempts to commit and aiding, abetting, facilitating and counselling ..... tax officer, ernakulum & anr.19, union of india & anr. vs. martin lottery agencies 18 united nations convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, 1988 (for short, vienna convention ); basle statement of principles, 1989; forty recommendations of the financial action task force on money .....

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Oct 20 2022 (SC)

The State Of Himachal Pradesh Vs. Nirmal Kaur @ Nimmo

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... several obligations which are not covered under the earlier three enactments. thus, it was felt that there was an urgent need for the enactment of a comprehensive legislation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.25. the 1985 act defined opium , opium derivative , opium poppy , poppy straw and poppy straw concentrate under clauses (xv), (xvi), (xvii), ( ..... to what was the species of the contraband recovered?.2. since the answer to the aforesaid questions have a bearing on a number of cases under the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the 1985 act ), this court, vide its order dated 14th august 2018, had requested shri p.s ..... of the duty to prevent and combat this evil and understanding that such a universal action calls for an international co-operation, the single convention on narcotic drugs, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the 1961 27 convention ) was resolved. it was further amended by the 1972 protocol. it will be relevant to .....

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Aug 28 2020 (SC)

Union of India Vs. Ashok Kumar Sharma

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... maharashtra22. these decisions, apparently, are relied on to show that officers of department, including the directorate of revenue intelligence (dri), invested with powers of investigation under the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985, customs act, 1962 and under the railway property (unlawful possession) act, 1966, are not police officers. it is, therefore, the case of ..... section (1) of section 9; (b) a person who has been accused of committing an offence under this act which is also an offence under the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985 (61 of 1985); (c) a person who has been allowed to compound once in respect of any offence under this chapter for goods ..... section (1) of section 9; (b) a person who has been accused of committing an offence under this act which is also an offence under the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substance act,1985 (61 of 1985); (c) a person who has been allowed to compound once in respect of any of the offence under this chapter .....

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Mar 31 2009 (SC)

State of Rajasthan Vs. Ratan Lal

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : JT2009(7)SC73; 2009(6)SCALE731; (2009)11SCC464

..... acquittal passed by learned special judge, ndps cases, udaipur.2. the accused faced trial for alleged commission of offences punishable under sections 8 and 18 of narcotic drugs and psycotropic substances act, 1985 ( in short `ndps act') for being in illegal possession of a large quantity of opium. the trial court directed acquittal only on the ground that there was non-compliance with requirements .....

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Mar 01 1994 (SC)

State of Punjab Vs. Balbir Singh

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1994SC1872; 1995(1)BLJR6; 1994CriLJ3702; 1994(1)Crimes753(SC); 1994(70)ELT481(SC); JT1994(2)SC108; 1994(I)OLR(SC)327; 1994(1)SCALE793; (1994)3SCC299; [1994]2SCR208

..... for consideration is whether any arrest and search of a person or search of a place without conforming to the provisions of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985 ('ndps act' for short), become illegal and consequently vitiate the conviction. the trial court in these cases acquitted the accused on the ground that ..... purchase and consumption of poppy straw etc. chapter iv deals with various offences and penalties for contravention in relation to opium poppy, coca plant, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and prescribes deterrent sentences. the provisions of chapter v deals with the procedure regarding the entry, arrest, search and seizure. chapter va deals ..... any offence punishable under chapter iv or for search of any building, conveyance or place in which they have reason to believe that any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance in respect of which an offence punishable under chapter iv has been committed, is kept or concealed. section 42 empowers certain officers .....

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Jul 21 1999 (SC)

State of Punjab Vs. Baldev Singh

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1999SC2378; 1999(2)ALD(Cri)279; 1999CriLJ3672; 1999(65)ECC695; 1999LC545(SC); [1999(81)FLR303]; (1999)3GLR2483; JT1999(4)SC595; (1999)ILLJ254SC; 1999(II)OLR(SC)474; 199

..... of a country. it has the effect of producing a sick society and harmful culture. anti-drug justice is a criminal dimension of social justice. the united nations conventions against illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs & psychotropic substances which was held in vienna, austria in 1988 was perhaps one of the first efforts, ..... at an international level, to tackle the menace of drug trafficking throughout the comity of nations. the government of india has ..... was divergence of opinion between different benches of this court with regard to the ambit and scope of section 50 of narcotic drugs and - psychotropic substances act, 1985 (hereinafter 'ndps act') and in particular with regard to the admissibility of the evidence collected by an investigating officer during search and seizure conducted .....

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Jul 21 1999 (SC)

State of Punjab Vs. Baldev Singh, Etc. Etc.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : (1999)157CTR(SC)3

..... a larger bench :'one of the question that has been raised in these appeals/special leave petitions is whether compliance with s. 50 of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (ndps) act, 1985 is mandatory and, if so, what is the effect of the breach thereof. this question had been engaging the attention of this ..... or information given by any person and taken in writing that any person has committed an offence punishable under chapter iv or that any narcotic drug, or psychotropic substance in respect of which any offence punishable under chapter iv has been committed or any document or other article which may furnish evidence ..... that there was divergence of opinion between different benches of this court with regard to the ambit and scope of s. 50 of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985 (hereinafter 'ndps act') and in particular with regard to the admissibility of the evidence collected by an investigating officer -during search and seizure conducted in violation .....

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Oct 29 2020 (SC)

Tofan Singh Vs. The State Of Tamil Nadu

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... by any person, whose name need not be disclosed, and taken down in writing, that any person has committed an offence punishable under the ndps act or any narcotic drug, psychotropic substance or any document, article etc. as mentioned in section 41(2) is kept concealed in any building conveyance or place.56. the power ..... evidence act, 1872 or the code of criminal procedure, 1973, every court trying an offence under this act, shall treat the inventory, the photographs of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, controlled substances or conveyances and any list of samples drawn under sub-section (2) and certified by the magistrate, as primary evidence in respect of ..... in any building, conveyance or place.57. section 42 enables a duly empowered officer to enter any building, conveyance or place, conduct a search, seize narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and other articles in accordance with section 42(1)(c), and detain, search or even arrest any person, subject to his having the reason to .....

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