Conviction For Sexual Assault Can Be Based Solely On Reliable Testimony Of Victim Without Corroboration: Allahabad High Court Marriage Dead For All Practical Purposes Can Be Nullified Under Article 142: Supreme Court Grants Divorce Citing Irretrievable Breakdown Senior Officers Accountable For Subordinates' Negligence; State Must Adopt Doctrine Of 'Superior Responsibility' To Combat Corruption: Allahabad High Court Constitutional Principles Of Article 21 Must Override Statutory Embargo Of Section 37 NDPS Act In Prolonged Incarceration: Punjab & Haryana High Court Recording Leasehold Land As 'Pattadar' Instead Of 'Sthitiban' Turns Back The Clock; Violates Right To Property: Orissa High Court Naib Tahsildar Performing Quasi-Judicial Functions Is A 'Judge' Under 1985 Act, Entitled To Protection Against Pension Cuts For Errors Of Judgment: MP High Court Demand Notice Under Section 138 NI Act Must Specifically State Cheque Amount; Failure To Do So Vitiates Prosecution: Kerala High Court Revisional Jurisdiction Under Land Revenue Act Must Be Exercised Within Reasonable Time, Cannot Reopen 20-Year-Old Mutation: J&K&L High Court Specific Performance: Plaintiff Must Prove Financial Capacity; Low Income & Dishonoured Cheques Negate Readiness and Willingness: Karnataka High Court Delay In Pronouncing Reserved Judgments Violates Article 21; Must Be Delivered Within 3 Months: Supreme Court Issues Binding Guidelines For High Courts Professional Independence Does Not Grant License To Abandon Matrimonial Obligations: Supreme Court Dissolves 18-Year Marriage Between Doctors Persistent Denial Of Sexual Intimacy Constitute Mental Cruelty; Supreme Court Dissolves 'Dead' Marriage Invoking Article 142 NDPS Act | High Court Cannot Ignore Mandatory Twin Conditions Under Section 37 While Granting Bail For Commercial Quantity: Supreme Court Contractual Royalty Rates Must Yield To Statutory Amendments; Royalty Payable At Rate Prevailing During Dispatch: Supreme Court Power To Punish For Contempt Must Be Exercised With Restraint But Should Act As Deterrent Against Levity: Supreme Court Public Functionaries Cannot Treat Supreme Court Orders As Matters To Be Addressed At Their Leisure: SC Warns Rajasthan Authorities High Court Can't Reassess Facts Or Substitute Its Interpretation Of Pleadings In Revisional Jurisdiction: Supreme Court Order 12 Rule 6 CPC | Decree On Admission Requires Categorical & Unequivocal Admission; Pleadings Cannot Be Read In Piecemeal: Supreme Court

"NDPS" Digest

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – Section 37 – Bail – Commercial Quantity – Prolonged Incarceration – Successive Bail Petition – Petitioner apprehended on 22.04.2024 with 540 grams of heroin recovered from personal search – Co-accused found with 480 grams – Challan filed – No prosecution witness examined out of 17 total &nd...

NDPS – Bail – Section 37(1)(b), NDPS Act, 1985 – Constructive Possession – Petitioner was driving a private car (belonging to his father) from which contraband was recovered from a co-passenger – Only article seized from petitioner was a mobile phone – No contraband recovered from his person – None of the accused named the petitioner as involved – Pe...

NDPS Act – Bail – Disclosure Statement of Co-Accused – Inadmissibility – Petitioner not present at the spot of recovery and not named in the FIR – 520 grams of heroin recovered from co-accused Lovepreet Singh alias Love – Petitioner implicated solely on the basis of disclosure statements of co-accused made during police custody – No independent recovery of...

Criminal Law — Default Bail — NDPS Act — Extension of Remand — Accused Not Present — Gross Illegality — Article 21 — Petitioner/Accused No. 2 was in custody in Crime No. 65 of 2024 under the NDPS Act — Extension of time for remand was granted by I Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for NDPS offences, Rajamahendravaram, vide orde...

NDPS Act – Default Bail – Charge-Sheet Without FSL/Chemical Analysis Report – Sections 8(c), 22(c) and 29 NDPS Act – Section 187(3) BNSS / Section 167(2) CrPC – Applicant arrested in connection with recovery of 160 grams of Mephedrone (MD) of commercial quantity – Charge-sheet filed on 21.01.2026 without the Chemical Analysis report, though the said report was p...

NDPS Act – Recovery of Poppy Straw – Acquittal – Prosecution story based on secret information received by Investigating Officer PW-17 at Bhugrani Chowk, followed by search of the house of appellant Angrejo Devi, yielding 16 bags of alleged contraband in the presence of both appellants – Trial Court convicted both appellants under Section 15 of the NDPS Act and sentenced th...

NDPS Act – Section 37(1)(b)(ii) – Twin Conditions – Mandatory Nature – Commercial Quantity – Bail Grant Set Aside – Respondents were apprehended during a vehicle check, from whose possession a total of 1.465 kilograms of heroin was recovered, admittedly a commercial quantity under the NDPS Act – The High Court enlarged both respondents on regular bail with...

Criminal Law – NDPS Act – Regular Bail – Third Attempt – Implication Solely on Co-Accused Disclosure Statement – Petitioner arrested on 10.08.2025 in FIR No.176 dated 03.07.2025 for offences under Sections 21, 29, 27-A NDPS Act and Section 25 Arms Act – Recovery of 1.40 kg heroin, two pistols and live cartridges effected from co-accused's premises; further 5...

NDPS Act – Bail – Parity – Section 20(b)(ii)(B) – Cannabis – Accused No.2 alleged to have supplied cannabis to Accused No.1 and to have been found in possession of 1.590 kg of cannabis recovered pursuant to disclosure by Accused No.1 – Accused No.2 in custody since 15.06.2025 – Accused No.1, found with higher quantity of 4.725 kg, already enlarged on bail ...

Preventive Detention – NDPS – Delay in Passing Detention Order – Live and Proximate Link – Writ petition challenging detention order dated 14.10.2025 passed under Section 3(1) of PIT-NDPS Act, confirmed for one year from 23.10.2025 — Petitioner convicted in 2020 under NDPS Act; later granted bail on appeal; again involved in NDPS offence in 2024 and released on bail s...