In Brief
This Special Leave Petition concerning narcotic drug offences involved a constitutional matter of such complexity that a three-judge Bench concluded it required wider judicial consideration. The Bench referred the matter to the Chief Justice of India to constitute a larger five-judge Bench. The original matter arose from a High Court decision in a criminal appeal related to narcotic drug offences, but the focus of this judgment was procedural—determining whether the constitutional issues required authoritative pronouncement by a larger Bench before final adjudication could proceed."
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