Supreme Court of India
State through Narcotics Control Bureau v. Kulwant Singh
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What the Court ordered
In the result we find that the judgment and order of the High Court of Delhi in Criminal Appeal No. 248of1997 is wholly unsustainable and deserves F to be set aside.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-Sections 4, 21, 36A, 41. 42, 53 and 67-Narcotic Control Bureau-legal status of-Held, Narcotic Control Bureau is not an authority created or constituted by an Act, but an authority created under the Act-It is not a distinct legal entity but department of the Government-Thus, notifications empowering the officers of NCB to exercise powers of search, seizure and arrests under sections 36A, 41, 42 and 67 legal and valid-Hence complaint lodged by such officer is also authorized. Interpretation of statues-In the absence of any precise definition
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