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Section 50 Compliance (NDPS): Judgments and Case Law

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Supreme Court of India Section 50 NDPS Does Not Apply to Opium Recovered From a Carried Bag: Supreme Court Oct 11, 2026 Supreme Court of India Vijaysinh Jadeja: Section 50 NDPS Demands Strict Compliance; Suspect Must Be Informed of Right, Not Merely Asked Oct 1, 2026 Supreme Court of India Section 50 NDPS Does Not Cover Search of a Bag Carried by the Accused: Supreme Court Oct 11, 2026 Supreme Court of India Sitting on Bags of Poppy Husk: Supreme Court Upholds Woman's NDPS Conviction, Finds Conscious Possession Oct 17, 2026 Supreme Court of India Heroin Found in Bags During Body Search Attracts Section 50 NDPS: Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal Oct 11, 2026 Supreme Court of India Suspect Not Told of Right Under Section 50: Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal in Charas Personal Search Case Oct 17, 2026 Supreme Court of India Section 50 Does Not Cover a Polythene Bag: Supreme Court Grants Rajasthan Leave to Appeal NDPS Acquittal Oct 17, 2026 Supreme Court of India Seizure From Inside House, Not Person: Supreme Court Restores NDPS Conviction but Applies Small-Quantity Section 27 Oct 17, 2026 Supreme Court of India A Bag Is Not the Person: Supreme Court Sets Aside Section 50 Acquittal and Remits NDPS Appeal Oct 17, 2026 Supreme Court of India Section 50 Applied Because the Accused Were Personally Searched: Supreme Court Restores Acquittal Oct 11, 2026 Supreme Court of India Namdi Francis Nwazor's Handbag Remark Was Obiter: Supreme Court Restores Charas Conviction as Section 50 Excludes Bags Oct 17, 2026 Supreme Court of India Bag Carried by Accused Is Not His 'Person': Section 50 NDPS Does Not Apply, Supreme Court Holds Sep 26, 2026

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Section 50 of the NDPS Act: The Search of the Person, the Right to Notice, and the Question of the Bag

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Section 50 of the NDPS Act: The Search of the Person, the Right to Notice, and the Question of the Bag

An explainer on India's most litigated NDPS procedural safeguard — the statutory text, the Constitution Bench line from Balbir Singh to Vijaysinh Jadeja, the bag-versus-body distinction settled in Ranjan Kumar Chadha, and the most recent Supreme Court reaffirmation in Surat Singh (2026).

4 months ago Shantnu Bansal

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