Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 92 · Decided 9 February 2004
Basheer@ N.P. Basheer v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 92 · [2004] 2 S.C.R. 224
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1334/2002
- Decided
- 9 February 2004
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, B.N. SRIKRISHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; NDPS Act
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) A ct, 200 I: Section 41(/) proviso-Constitutionality of-Various provisions of the C NDPS Act, 1985 were amended and graded sentences prescribed based on the quantity of narcotic drug or psychotropic substance in respect of which the offence on 2-10-2001 or under investigation on that date­ But the proviso to S. 41 (I) excluded the benefit of the amendment to. cases D pending in appeal on that date-Held: Classification rational and based on intelligible dijferentia having nexus with one of the objectives of the Act viz.,
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