Hon’ble Supreme Court has passed directions in this Landmark order that are restricted only to the Bail proceedings under the NDPS Act. The directions pertain to below stages of the trial proceedings.
- Adjournments (4th proviso u/s 309 CrPC)
- Examination of witnesses (adopt the method of “session’s trials” and assign block dates for examination of witnesses)
- Workload of cases on Court
- Access to Narcotics laboratories
- Personnel
- Re-testing Provisions
- Monitoring of the NDPS cases
- Availability of Public Prosecutors
- Other recommendations: For the simplification of the above detailed process u/s 207 CrPC, we direct that the filing of the charge-sheet and supply of other documents must also be provided in electronic form.
Citations: [2013 BOMCR CRI SC 2 280], [2013 CRLJ SC 1262], [2013 RCR CRIMINAL SC 1 861], [2013 SCALE 1 696], [2013 AIR SC 800], [2013 AIR BOMR 2 935], [2013 AIOL 44], [2013 JT 2 407], [2013 SCC 2 590], [2013 SLT 1 506], [2013 SCC CRI 2 818], [2013 SCC ONLINE SC 82], [2013 CRILJ 1262], [2013 AIC 123 177], [2013 ABR 2 935], [2013 ACR 2 1486], [2013 AD SC 3 288], [2013 ALLCC 81 473], [2013 JLJ 1 363], [2013 MLJ CRI 1 607], [2013 MPHT 2 241], [2013 SCR 2 899], [2013 BOMCR CRI 2 280], [2013 RCR CRIMINAL 1 861], [2013 AIR SCW 800], [2013 JT SC 2 407], [2013 MLJ CRL 1 607], [2013 CRI LJ 1262]
Other Sources:
https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609af37e4b0149711415da8
This was reiterated by Supreme Court in here.
