The High Court said that prolonged incarceration militates against Article 21 of the Constitution and that conditional liberty must override the statutory embargo under Section 37, NDPS Act.
The report states that right to reputation under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution needs to be adequately protected against defamatory speech and imputations
A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued notice and sought the assistance of Attorney General (AG) R Venkataramani in the matter.