narco-terrorism Archives

A Smaller Bench Cannot Hollow Out a Larger Bench Decision Without Expressly Disagreeing: Supreme Court on Judicial Discipline in UAPA Bail Cases

Emphasising judicial discipline, the Court expressed serious reservations about Division Bench decisions in Gulfisha Fatima, 2026 SCC OnLine SC 10 and Gurwinder Singh, (2024) 5 SCC 403 for making a clear departure from ratio laid down by the three-Judge Bench in K.A. Najeeb, (2021) 3 SCC 713.

Case Briefs High Courts

Impact of acts material for detaining individual; not their numbers: J&K and Ladakh HC upholds detention order under PIT NDPS Act

“The drug menace distorted the health and fabric of society and was the originator of petty offences as well as heinous crimes. The involvement of various terrorist groups and syndicates in drug trafficking threatened the national security and sovereignty of States via narco-terrorism.”