Significant Reforms in NDPS Rules 2025: Key Changes in Import and Export Procedures
Finance Ministry has notified NDPS Amendment Rules, 2025, introducing new procedures for import and export of narcotic drugs.
psychotropic substances
Mere mention of certain psychotropic substances under Drugs & Cosmetics regime would not take them away from the purview of NDPS Act: SC
The Court further held that in order to meet the ends of justice and with a view to ensure that public interest is safeguarded and to give effect to the salutary object behind the enactment of the NDPS Act, the decision in Union of India v. Sanjeev V. Deshpande (2014) 13 SCC 1, must be given retrospective application.
Magic mushroom not a scheduled narcotic or psychotropic substance: Kerala HC grants bail to NDPS accused
In the present case, since the charas and ganja seized from the accused were of small quantities, the question to be decided by the Court is whether the mushroom and magic mushroom capsules together can be considered as commercial quantity.
[NDPS] Delhi Court grants bail to accused of drug trafficking of Methamphetamine from Mexico to Australia
Delhi Court observed that in the absence of any evidence to link the accused persons with contraband recovered in Australia, the bar of section 37 NDPS Act stands lifted.