INDIA: DEATH FOR DRUG PEDDLING CHALLENGED

the Indian Harm Reduction Network, a consortium of NGOs for humane drug policies, filed a petition with the Gujarat high court challenging the constitutional validity of Section 31A of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, which prescribes a mandatory death sentence for drug offences upon second conviction. The petition termed section 31A of the law arbitrary, disproportionate and excessive.