Supreme Court of India

Budh Singh v. State of Haryana and Anr.

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Bench P. Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.
Decided 11 March 2013

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we find no substance in the challenge to the provisions of Section 32A of the NDPS Act.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: c s. 32- (as introduced w.e.f. 29.5.1989) - Sentences awarded under the Act not to be suspended, remitted or commuted - Effect of - Accused convicted u/s 15 on 27. 7. 1990 for offence committed on 13. 12. 1988 - Held: There is no vice of unconstitutionality in the section insofar as it takes 0 away the powers of the executive conferred upon it ulss 432 ana 433 CrPC to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of a convict under the Act - Exclusion of benefit of remission cannot be understood to have the effect of enlarging the period of…

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