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3.9 lakh cases pending, Centre tells states to set up special courts for drug crimes

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.

Bengaluru gains dubious first place in Karnataka with over 6,700 NDPS cases, warns high court judge

June 06, 2026 5:21 pm

Justice Jayant Banerji of the Karnataka High Court said drug abuse is a public health crisis, citing rising NDPS cases and growing concerns over youth welfare.

SI injured in attack on police during NDPS raid in Kharar; 6 arrested

April 16, 2026 9:28 pm

Despite the attack, the police initially detained two accused from the spot and later arrested four more who had fled, taking the total number of arrested persons to six.

'Accused must have conscious knowledge': Karnataka HC rules vacant land owners aren't liable for naturally growing ganja

February 24, 2026 8:04 pm

The Karnataka High Court discharged a 67-year-old woman accused of growing ganja plants on her vacant land.

The court flagged missing witnesses, faulty sampling procedures and failure to prove key links in the prosecution’s case.

Witnesses untraced, NCB officer forgot names of raiding team members: Why court acquits Brazilian accused of carrying 4-kg cocaine

February 19, 2026 11:00 pm

A Delhi court has acquitted Brazilian national Jailson Manoel Da Silva in a 2016 cocaine seizure case, citing major investigative lapses by the Narcotics Control Bureau, including missing witnesses and procedural violations.

How a single arrest in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar led to fall of a massive interstate drug syndicate

February 08, 2026 10:28 am

The Delhi Police's Anti-Narcotics Task Force arrested seven accused from five states and seized 48 kg of high-potency psychotropic drugs worth Rs 50 crore.

An FIR was registered against the accused under Sections 22(c), 25 and 29 of NDPS Act, 1985.

Gauhati High Court holds man’s arrest illegal in NDPS case, says kin not informed about it

December 05, 2025 6:17 pm

Gauhati High Court bail: Justice Anjan Moni Kalita said the mandate under Section 48 (obligation of a person making an arrest to inform about the arrest, to a relative or friend of the accused) of BNSS, 2023, was not complied with by the arresting authority.