Bill In Lok Sabha To Correct "Error" In Drugs Law; Opposition Finds Flaw
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the amendment to the NDPS Act has been brought only to correct certain "clerical error" in the law and "nothing more" than that.
A bill which seeks to rectify an anomaly in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was moved for consideration and passage in Lok Sabha with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying the amendments proposed only seek to correct certain "clerical error".
She said the NDPS (Amendment) Bill, 2021, has a very limited purpose and seeks to achieve "nothing more".
BJD member Bhartruhari Mahtab opposed the bill calling it "illegal" and said it suffers with "incongruity" and contended that the law cannot be amended to include provisions with their "retrospective effect" in criminal cases.
"You are making another mistake to correct a mistake committed in the past. It will be challenged in the court of law," the BJD member said, stressing that amending the provisions of the NDPS Act with their retrospective effect would lead to "double jeopardy".
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