-By Saisha Singh Earlier this year the Delhi High Court, in the process of hearing a case about registering FIRs against BJP Leaders, who have delivered alleged hate speeches, which are being said as being instrumental in inciting violence in NCR, was seen reminding the police to follow guidelines as established by the case of … Continue reading Preliminary Inquiry Before FIR: A Panacea for Malicious Prosecution?
By Abhinav Sekhri (This is the fourth part of a multi-part series. Previous posts discussing Tofan Singh can be accessed here) The 2013 judgment by Two Justices' in Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu [(2013) 16 SCC 31 ("Tofan Singh")] had referred two interlinked issues arising under the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 ("NDPS") … Continue reading The Tofan Singh Reference — Part 4: Summing Up
By Abhinav Sekhri, Shashwat Bhutani and Rishabh Narain Singh This blog has introduced the scope of the reference in Tofan Singh and the statutory context of the NDPS Act. Which means that we can straightaway jump in to discuss the first question: Whether an officer who investigates a case under the NDPS Act is a "police officer", … Continue reading The Tofan Singh Reference — Part 2: NDPS Investigating Officers are Police Officers?
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