Patna HC: Disciplinary Authority Cannot Impose Major and Minor Penalties in a Single Order  ||  Calcutta HC: Landlord Decides His Residential Needs; Courts Cannot Set Living Standards in Eviction  ||  Orissa HC: Second Marriage During Subsistence of First Remains Invalid Even After First Wife's Death  ||  Karnataka HC: Appeals Against Acquittal in Bailable Offences Lie Only Before High Court  ||  Supreme Court: Stamp Duty on an Agreement to Sell is Leviable Only if Possession is Transferred  ||  SC: Motive Becomes Irrelevant When Direct Evidence Such as a Dying Declaration is Available  ||  Supreme Court Issues Directions to CoC in Builder Insolvency Cases To Protect Homebuyers’ Interests  ||  MP High Court: Women Retain Reservation Benefits After Marriage if Caste is Recognized in Both States  ||  Allahabad HC: Police Must Prosecute Informants of False Firs, and IOs May Face Contempt if They Fail  ||  MP HP: Over-Age Candidate Cannot Claim Age Relaxation Due to Delay in Earlier Recruitment    

SC: Liberty Will Override Embargo U/S 37 of NDPS Act, in Case of Prolonged Incarceration - (17 Jul 2023)

NARCOTICS

Supreme Court while observing that prolonged incarceration, generally militates against the most precious fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, has held that the conditional liberty must override the statutory embargo created under Section 37(1)(b)(ii) of the NDPS Act.

Tags : SUPREME COURT   NDPS ACT   LIBERTY   EMBARGO  

Share :        

Disclaimer | Copyright 2026 - All Rights Reserved