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The Supreme Court connected Friday (May 8, 2026) criticised the Punjab Government and authorities for their inability to bring the cause occupation successful the State to heel, saying the quality toll is alarming.
Chief Justice Surya Kant, heading a Bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi, said cause maltreatment and trafficking proceed galore arsenic lone tiny peddlers were caught portion nary dared to laic a manus connected the large food who ran the racket.
The Chief Justice narrated a caller incidental involving a parent who mislaid each her 5 sons to cause addiction. “She mislaid her 5th lad to drugs. The constabulary request to beryllium sensitised,” the CJI said.
The tribunal said events were taking a crook for the worse that the Centre whitethorn person to intervene to resoluteness the menace successful the State.
The tribunal said some Central and State agencies indispensable excavation successful their resources to find a solution for the occupation which was corroding the nine itself.
“The bigger sharks oregon influential ones should beryllium arrested,” Chief Justice Kant said.
The Bench highlighted the immense pendency successful cases charged nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and highlighted the request to person exclusive courts.
