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CDSCO’s Dual Role as Regulator and Prosecutor: Structural Conflict of Interest and Reform Proposals
ABSTRACT The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) occupies an unusual institutional position in India’s regulatory landscape: it is simultaneously the authorit
Section 33P of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act: India’s Unused Instrument for Uniform Drug Law Enforcement
ABSTRACT Section 33P of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 empowers the Central Government to give binding directions to State Governments for carrying into execution any provision
Compounding of Offences Under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act: The 2025 Rules and Their Interface with Prosecution
ABSTRACT The Drugs and Cosmetics (Compounding of Offences) Rules, 2025, notified on April 24, 2025 under Sections 32B and 33(2)(r) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, represent a
Import and Export of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances under the NDPS Act: A Legal Analysis
Introduction The regulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in India represents one of the most stringent legislative frameworks in the country’s legal history.
