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DRI seizes over 19 kg of psychotropic drugs from Satara, arrests Pune buyer
August 05, 2026 8:32 pm
Agency also recovers 400 litres of raw materials; preliminary probe suggests the accused were involved in illegal drug production and trafficking earlier.
3.9 lakh drug cases pending, Centre pushes states to set up special courts
August 03, 2026 10:57 am
Punjab, with 60,000 cases pending, has no special NDPS court; Kerala, with a backlog of 50,000 cases, has just two.
NESCO concert deaths: Cops file 3,500-page chargesheet, deceased’s classmate named
July 10, 2026 1:56 pm
Police have filed a 3,500-page chargesheet in the NESCO music concert deaths case in which two students lost their lives after consuming MDMA ecstasy pills.
Preventive detention cannot be used to defeat bail, says Allahabad High Court
July 08, 2026 2:07 pm
The Allahabad High Court cancelled a one-year preventive detention order against a man, holding that authorities cannot use such extraordinary powers as a way to bypass bail orders.
Main accused escaped: Court slams 'casual' investigation, frees 5 in 833 kg ganja case
July 07, 2026 12:09 pm
The Chhattisgarh High Court was hearing a batch of criminal appeals filed by five accused against their convictions and sentence up to 15 years' rigorous imprisonment by a trial court, for offences under the NDPS Act.
Bail exception where accused found with commercial quantity of drugs: Karnataka High Court
May 27, 2026 10:36 am
The Karnataka High Court observed that one kg of MDMA is not easily available in the market and therefore rejected the suggestion that the police could have planted the contraband to falsely implicate the accused.
Supreme Court flags major lapse by Chhattisgarh High Court: Why a minor just got bail in narcotics case
May 22, 2026 2:34 pm
The Supreme Court found that the petitioner was the son of a domestic worker employed in the house of one of the accused in the case.
‘Global crisis’: Punjab and Haryana High Court denies bail to man held with 2.7 kg of opium, cites rising drug menace
May 13, 2026 3:04 pm
As the world grapples with escalating substance use disorders and an ever-accessible drug market, the consequences leave a generational imprint on public health, the Punjab and Haryana High Court noted.
Supreme Court denies relief to ex-Kerala minister Antony Raju in 1990 NDPS case
April 27, 2026 2:55 pm
Antony Raju, who was then a practising lawyer and had appeared for the Australian national, was named an accused, along with a court employee, in the 1990 NDPS case.
No more 'petty' offence: Kerala High Court says even small drug quantities can label you ‘goonda’ in key ruling
April 02, 2026 1:52 pm
In a massive legal shift, a five-judge bench of Kerala High Court in a significent ruling has declared that possessing even a small quantity of drugs can now land you under the state’s strict anti-goonda laws.
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