Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 · Chapter VI: Miscellaneous
Section 69: Protection of action taken in good faith
No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or a State Government or any officer of the Central Government or of the State Government or any other person exercising any powers or discharging any functions or performing any duties under this Act, for anything in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or any rule or order made thereunder.
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 69
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Union of India Thr. I.O. Narcotics Control Bureau v. Man Singh Verma
Issue arose whether the contours of s.439 CrPC permit the grant of compensation by the High Court to the appellant for alleged wrongful confinement for four months in a matter of possession of narcotic substances.
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Bharti Arora v. The State of Haryana
Whether the Special Judge could have conducted the proceedings against the present appellant for the offence punishable u/s.58 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; whether the Special Judge was…