SC Clarifies NDPS Act: Overruling Judgments Apply Retroactively

Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence Vs Raj Kumar Arora & Ors (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court Clarifies Retrospective Application of Overruling Judgments in NDPS Case New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has reiterated the established legal principle that when a judicial precedent is overruled, the subsequent judgment operates retrospectively, impacting past transactions unless explicitly stated otherwise by the court. This significant pronouncement came in the case of Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence Vs Raj Kumar Arora & Ors, clarifying the interplay between the Narcotic Dru...