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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.

Punjab and Haryana HC hears plea citing 74 lakh drug users, seeks responses from Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh

March 07, 2026 12:09 pm

PIL flags ‘ignored’ preventive laws, says stronger action needed to stem drug-linked crime.

‘Prison would affect his studies’: Himachal Pradesh High Court granted bail to Shimla student caught with 350 gram of charas

March 10, 2026 12:08 pm

The Himachal Pradesh High Court granted bail to a student in a NDPS Act case, observing that continued detention would harm his studies and bail cannot be denied as punishment without trial.

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.

‘Large-scale narco-terror conspiracy’: Tripura High Court warns of deadly link between drug influx, HIV surge in state

February 17, 2026 5:52 pm

Tripura High Court News: Flagging the ‘crime against society and humanity’, the Tripura High Court said the state is facing regular problems with narcotic drugs, leading to HIV/AIDS.

Can a WhatsApp message justify your arrest? Why Kerala High Court denied bail to this NDPS accused

February 14, 2026 10:15 am

The Kerala High Court was hearing the bail plea of Malappuram resident Shameem, who was found in possession of 95.93 grams of MDMA on November 22, 2025, near the Muthanga police check post.

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