Supreme Court of India
State of Haryana v. Suresh
INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.
1 Supreme Court bench has cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid judgment by a three Judge Bench of this Court, the acquittal. as directed by the High Court, is clearly unsustainable.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985: s. 50-Scope and ambit of- "Search any person "-Meaning of-Held: bag, brief case or any such container etc. can, under no circumstances be treated as body of a human being-Therefore, these article cannot be included within the ambit of the person occurring in s. 50-Interpretation of Statutes. Interpretation of Statutes : Literal interpretation-Onus of showing that the words do not mean what they scy lies heavily on the party who alleges it-Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985-ss. 50 rlw s. 18. Words and Phrases: 'Person' and
Where later benches applied it
Of those, 1 referred to
Sign in free to read it
- The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
- The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
- Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
- Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
- Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
An email address, no password.