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 Court imposed costs of ₹10,000 on certain litigants who sought to transfer a suit to a different trial court on allegations that the presiding judge was acting in connivance with an opposing lawyer.
The Tripura High Court observed that the normal rule of bail not jail in criminal cases is not applicable to cases registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) and the UAPA.
The Delhi High Court recently observed that recovery of drugs from the bedroom of a couple in a residential premises is attributable to both the husband and the wife if both are consumers of narcotic substances