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Offences Under Chapter IV Of Drugs And Cosmetics Act Triable Only By Sessions Court, Not Magistrate: Supreme Court
Amisha Shrivastava
21 Feb 2026 10:20 AM IST
The Supreme Court held that offences relating to manufacture and sale of drugs under Chapter IV of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 cannot be tried by a Magistrate and must be tried by a Court not inferior to a Sessions Court.A bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi observed –“Now, Section 32(2) specifically provides that no Court inferior to that of a Court...
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Amisha Shrivastava
Amisha Shrivastava is a Senior Correspondent with LiveLaw, covering the Supreme Court of India. She can be reached at amisha@livelaw.in
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