NDPS

NDPS ACT:-The Act is commonly known as NDPS Act and came into force on 14th November 1985. Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances have medicinal and scientific value for which they have been used in India for decades. But with the passage of time and development, the practice turned into illicit drug trafficking. Also, India is a signatory to the UN Conventions on Narcotic Drugs which prescribes the controlled and limited use of these narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Therefore, the legislation is framed with the objective of using these narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in a controlled manner for medicinal and scientific purposes without contravention to the obligations to UN Conventions. The NDPS Act regulates and controls the abuse of drug trafficking through its stringent provisions. It empowers the competent authority for the supervision of the operation related to narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances. The NDPS Act prescribes stringent punishment. Hence a balance must be struck between the need of the law and the enforcement of such law on the one hand and the protection of citizens from oppression and injustice on the other. This would mean that a balance must be struck in. The provisions contained in Chapter V, intended for providing certain checks on exercise of powers of the authority concerned, are capable of being misused through arbitrary or indiscriminate exercise unless strict compliance is required.