Stationary Vehicle Parked At Night Without Warning Signs Poses Evident Hazard; SC Refuses To Reduce Compensation For CA Student’s Death Motor Accident Claims: 100% Loss Of Earning Capacity To Be Considered If Amputation Prevents Manual Worker From Pursuing Sole Avocation: Supreme Court Substantive Amendments Rendering Land Transfers 'Void' Are Prospective; Cannot Invalidate Decades-Old Sale Deeds: Supreme Court Registered Sale Deed Carries Formidable Presumption Of Genuineness; Minor Witness Discrepancies Cannot Invalidate Decades-Old Document: Supreme Court Mere Breach Of Sale Agreement Not Cheating Unless Dishonest Intent Existed From Inception: Telangana High Court Mining Lease Applications For First Schedule Minerals Deemed 'Disposed Of' Once Recommended & Approved Prior To 2015: Supreme Court Prolonged Incarceration Under NDPS Act Militates Against Article 21; Conditional Liberty Must Override Section 37 Embargo: Supreme Court Perpetual Minor Status Of Deity Does Not Exempt It From Limitation Laws; Condonation Requires 'Sufficient Cause': Orissa High Court State Cannot 'Approbate And Reprobate' Bravery: MP High Court Mandates Out-Of-Turn Promotion For Cop Who Rescued Truck From 200-Foot Gorge Drugs Controller Can Regulate Misleading Discount Boards In Medical Shops; Right To Business Not A Shield For Deception: Kerala High Court Courts Cannot Direct Parliament To Adopt Rotational Reservation For Assembly Seats; Section 9(1)(c) Delimitation Act Valid: Allahabad High Court Official To Pay Rs 20,000 Costs From Own Pocket: Andhra Pradesh High Court Holds Municipal Commissioner Liable For Failing To Take Court Orders To 'Logical End' IPC Sections 406 & 420 Cannot Co-exist On Same Set Of Facts; Substantial Compliance Enough For Section 156(3) CrPC Affidavit: Kerala High Court Family Courts Duty-Bound To Declare Marital Status In Mutual Consent Muslim Divorces Even If Wife Admits Divorce: Gujarat High Court Allottee’s Right To Interest For Delayed Possession Under Section 18 RERA Is Absolute; Not Fettered By Section 55 Contract Act: Bombay High Court Sentencing Not A Purely Retributive Exercise Divorced From Factual Matrix: Supreme Court Reduces Jail Term Of Man Who Forged Bail Documents

"NDPS" Digest

Criminal Law - Bail - Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 - Sections 8(C) 18 and 29 - Appellant was arrested on 19th May 2020 for allegedly supplying 31 kg of opium and providing information leading to the recovery of 60 kg of opium hidden in a truck - High Court dismissed the second bail application on 4th February 2026 - Supreme Court observed that despite six years of pre-trial ...

Criminal Law - Extension of Remand - Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 - Section 36A(4) - Independent Application of Mind by Public Prosecutor - Petitioner challenged order dated 05.05.2026 passed by X Additional District and Sessions Judge Anakapalli extending remand beyond 180 days - High Court found Public Prosecutor failed to file a valid report indicating independent satisfa...

Criminal Law - Default Bail - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 - Section 187(3) - Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 - Section 22(b) - Petitioners were arrested for possession of 4.22 grams of MDMA and remanded to custody on 30/12/2025 - Investigation was required to be completed within sixty days as the offence carries a maximum punishment of ten years with no prescribed m...

Criminal Law - Acquittal - Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 - Sections 18(i)(a), 18(c) and 27 - State of Gujarat preferred appeal against judgment of Chief Judicial Magistrate Vadodara acquitting respondent accused for allegedly stocking and selling sub-standard drugs - Drug Inspector visited Alpesh Chemicals and Amar Trading Corporation and seized medicine samples later found sub-standard by analyst ...

Criminal Law - Confiscation of Vehicle - Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 - Sections 25, 60 and 63 - Interim Release on Financial Bonds - Applicant sought release of a truck confiscated by the Special Judge after his conviction for allowing the vehicle to be used for transporting poppy husk - Applicant argued the vehicle was deteriorating in the police station and sought release...

Criminal Law - Acquittal - Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 - Sections 8 and 21 - Mandatory Compliance - Respondent intercepted at a police naka and 680 grams of heroin allegedly recovered from his arm-pit - Trial Court acquitted the accused citing non-compliance with Section 50 and Section 42 of the NDPS Act alongside major evidentiary contradictions - High Court observed that ...

Criminal Law - Bail - Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 - Section 37 - Mandatory Twin Conditions - State of Punjab challenged High Court order granting bail to respondent arrayed in FIR involving 1.465 kg heroin - Respondent allegedly directed co-accused to collect and supply drugs while being lodged in Central Jail Goindwal Sahib - High Court granted bail primarily on grounds of...

Criminal Law - Bail - Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 - Sections 21, 25, 27-A and 29 - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 - Section 483 - Arms Act - Section 25 - Petitioner arrested following a tip-off regarding a drone-based smuggling network - Recovery of 1 kg heroin from a car occupied by co-accused Jaskaran and Amritpal while petitioner was later intercepted with 6 pis...

Criminal Law - Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 - Section 50 - Search and Seizure - Personal Search - Mandatory Compliance - The prosecution characterized the seizure as a chance recovery during routine patrol however internal documents including the Forwarding Letter and Command Certificate revealed the officers were acting on prior information and a pre-planned raid - Held - S...

NDPS – Section 43 – Seizure in Public Place or in Transit – Applicability over Section 42 – Appellants were intercepted on NH 353 near forest naka Temari when their Eicher truck was found carrying 700 kg of Ganja concealed under scrap material – Appellants contended non-compliance of Section 42 of the NDPS Act – Held: Where search and seizure is effected from a ...