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The Kerala High Court has directed the State fovernment to operationalise wrong 3 months 2 peculiar courts astatine Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi to effort NDPS cases, on with 3 caller Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) courts astatine Palakkad, Thrissur and Manjeri.
The directive came portion considering a suo motu plea the tribunal initiated, regarding the precocious pendency of NDPS cases successful the State.
The tribunal had successful September 2025 sought instructions from the Central and State governments connected the request to found much NDPS peculiar courts successful Kerala, to perceive narcotics-related cases. The tribunal was proceeding a batch of petitions, seeking effectual measures by the State authorities to curb the usage of narcotics. Under the NDPS Act, the State authorities is empowered to represent peculiar courts for the proceedings of offences nether the Act.
