Supreme Court of India
Nirmal Singh Pehlwan @ Nimma v. Inspector, Customs, Customs House, Punjab
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.
3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
From the headnote
NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ACT, 1985: s. 22 read with s. 50 - Right of accused to be informed that he has an option of being searched in the presence of a Gazetted Officer or a Magistrate - Accused found in 0 possession of 2 packets containing 1 kg heroin each - Consent memo signed by him to be searched in presence of a Gazetted Officer - Held: The consent memo cannot be said as informing the accused of his right to be searched in the presence of a Gazetted Officer or a Magistrate, as he was only given the option to be searched before one of the other - The Officer concerned
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2023 Balwinder Singh (binda) v. The Narcotics Control Bureau
- 2020 Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu
Of those, 1 referred to · 2 mentioned
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.