Supreme Court Refuses To Quash Fine On NCB By Calcutta HC, Reduces Penalty From Rs.1 Lakh To Rs.50,000
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At present, On 3d July, The Supreme Court docket refused to cancel the Rs.1 lakh effective imposed on the Narcotics Management Bureau by the Calcutta Excessive Court docket however decreased the penalty quantity to Rs.50,000, providing partial reduction to the company.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court docket declined to intervene in a directive requiring the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) to pay a value of Rs 1 lakh in a specific case, however decreased the quantity to Rs 50,000.
A bench comprising Justices M. M. Sundresh and Okay. Vinod Chandran issued the ruling in response to a petition from the Centre difficult a June 16, 2024 order from the Calcutta Excessive Court docket.
The excessive courtroom had imposed the fee on the NCB attributable to delays in interesting an acquittal in a case.
The quantity is to be paid to the West Bengal State Authorized Companies Authority in Kolkata inside per week.
The NCB has been instructed to get better this value from the personnel concerned within the technique of drafting and submitting the federal government attraction.
Nevertheless, the Supreme Court docket stipulated that the fee must be deposited by the federal government relatively than the person officers.
The bench remarked to the Centre’s counsel,
“One factor is evident. There should be both the fault of your lawyer or your officer. It must be both of them,”
The courtroom additional added,
“We’re not inclined to intervene with the impugned judgement. Nevertheless, the compliance is to be made not by the officer in view of the particular assertion made by the Extra Solicitor Common (Centre’s counsel) however by the petitioner.”
The regulation officer highlighted that delays in submitting appeals have been regarding in a number of instances, and he believed some observations from the Supreme Court docket might be useful.
The bench commented,
“Please perceive your place as a lawyer. In the event that they don’t come to you, it is best to know what to do. You don’t ask the Supreme Court docket to subject instructions to validate your orders,”
The NCB’s attraction was associated to an acquittal determination from a particular NDPS courtroom in Barasat. The excessive courtroom famous that the NCB was required to use for go away to attraction beneath Part 378(3) of the Code of Prison Process, which it didn’t do.
As an alternative, the NCB filed a authorities attraction with out securing the required go away, as specified beneath Part 378(3) and equivalent to Part 419(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
The excessive courtroom identified this oversight to the NCB counsel on Might 19 and once more in June, indicating that acceptable go away had not been obtained for submitting a authorities attraction. On June 16, the NCB’s counsel sought to withdraw the attraction and associated functions.
The excessive courtroom concluded that, given the NCB’s conduct, granting an unconditional go away to withdraw wouldn’t serve justice, resulting in the imposition of a Rs 1 lakh value on the bureau.
