The Madras High Court has held that magic mushroom per se does not satisfy the requirement of a narcotic drug or a psychotropic substance under Section 2 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Thus, the court held that in the absence of any material to conclude the level of psylocybin, the court could not assume that the entire …
Proving the involvement of high-profile celebrities in the alleged Bollywood drugs racket based solely on the statement of Rhea Chakraborty is turning out to be a difficult task, according to an internal report of the Narcotics Control Bureau. The latter case, which stemmed from Chakraborty’s purported WhatsApp chats, snowballed with the naming of A-list celebrities, including Deepika Padukone, Kriti Sanon, …
