Court Examines Whether Repeated Drug Possession Amounts to ‘Stocking’ Attracting ‘Goonda’ Classification under KAAPA, Warns Against NDPS Violations: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has made it clear that it intends to send a strong message to society that violations of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 will not be tolerated. The Court emphasised that every violation of the NDPS Act must be taken extremely seriously, while considering important questions relating to repeated possession of drugs, the meaning of stocking, and the applicability of preventive detention laws. Constitution…
