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TMI Blog2017 (2) TMI 471X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... For the Respondent: ORDER 1. Application for permission to appear and argue in person is allowed. 2. The issue being agitated on behalf of the petitioner, has already been adjudicated upon by this Court, in Thana Singh Vs. Central Bureau of Narcotics, (2013) 2 SCC 590, wherein, this Court has observed : D. Narcotics Laboratories 16. Narcotics laboratories at the national level identify drugs for abuse and their accompanying substances in suspected samples, determine the purity and the possible origin of illicit drugs, carry out drug-related research, particularly on new sources of drugs liable to abuse, and, when required by the police or courts of law, provide supportive expertise in drug trafficking cases. Their ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tate Facilities Main State FSL Regional FSL 1. Andhra Pradesh 1 9 2. Arunachal Pradesh 1 0 3. Assam 1 0 4. Bihar 1 1 5. Chhattisgarh 1 2 6. Goa Being established 0 7. Gujarat 1 5 8. Haryana ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 26. Uttar Pradesh 1 2 27. Uttarakhand 1 0 28. West Bengal 1 2 Union Territories 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1 0 2. Chandigarh 0 0 3. Dadra Nagar Haveli 0 0 4. Daman Diu 0 0 5. Lakshadweep 0 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ilities of forensic science laboratories under them and the Laboratories should furnish their reports expeditiously to the agencies concerned. 21. The Directorate of Forensic Science Services, Ministry of Home Affairs, must take special steps to ensure standardization of equipment across the various forensic laboratories to prevent vacillating results and disallow a litigant an opportunity to challenge test results on that basis. E. Personnel 22. We have also been apprised of the following vacancies at three CFSLs, namely Chandigarh, Kolkata and Hyderabad. Posts Sanctioned Filled Vacant Scientific 99 64 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... her legislations which define a specific time-frame within which the right may be available. Besides, reverence must also be given to the wisdom of the legislature when it expressly omits a provision, which otherwise appears as a standard one in other legislations. The legislature, unlike for the NDPS Act, enacted Section 25(4) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 and Rule 56 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944, permitting a time period of thirty, ten and twenty days respectively for filing an application for re-testing 25. Hence, it is imperative to define re-testing rights, if at all, as an amalgamation of the above-stated factors. Further, in light of Section 52-A of the ND ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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