https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=152111 Chapter V-A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act applies only to the classes of persons specified in section 68A(2). Because the appellant did not fall within any such statutory category, the authorities could not invoke section 68E to conduct inquiry or investigation, and section 68F could not operate consequentially in the absence of a valid section 68E foundation. The proposed broad purposive reading was rejected because the statutory language was clear and confined the special coercive regime to the prescribed classes. The freezing order was therefore unsustainable and was set aside, with restoration of possession directed. en-us Tue, 24 Mar 1992 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:53:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=152111 Chapter V-A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act applies only to the classes of persons specified in section 68A(2). Because the appellant did not fall within any such statutory category, the authorities could not invoke section 68E to conduct inquiry or investigation, and section 68F could not operate consequentially in the absence of a valid section 68E foundation. The proposed broad purposive reading was rejected because the statutory language was clear and confined the special coercive regime to the prescribed classes. The freezing order was therefore unsustainable and was set aside, with restoration of possession directed. Case-Laws FEMA Tue, 24 Mar 1992 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=152111