Bhang, ganja, and criminality in the NDPS Act Subject : Security Context: While granting bail to a man arrested on June 1 for possessing 29 kg of bhang and 400 g of ganja, Karnataka High Court recently observed that nowhere in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act is bhang referred to […]

Subject : Legislations Context : The Supreme Court has ruled on a long-pending question of law on whether statements recorded under Section 67 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act can be admissible as confessional statements during criminal trials. Concept : Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic […]