Talk:News:2026-04-06/Policy/delhi-high-court-holds-ganja-quantity-indeterminable-where-leaves-and-stalk-were-weighed-in
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The headline of the LawStreet article, the cited source, reads "Means Only Flowering Tops, Not Leaves or Branches" and the opening paragraph says the court "has held that dried leaves and small branches of the cannabis plant do not fall within the statutory definition". The last paragraph of the article says "The Court clarified that its observations were solely for the purpose of adjudicating the bail applications and should not be construed as an expression of opinion on the merits of the case." This news item does not carry the headline's wording. It gives the outcome of two bail applications.
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The case arose from an arrest with 21.95 kilograms of a substance alleged to be ganja, so it could sit under Enforcement. This news item is filed under Policy because the court's reasoning turns on the statutory definition of ganja, which the article gives as "the flowering or fruiting tops of the cannabis plant, excluding seeds and leaves when not accompanied by the tops".
These notes were written after this news item was published. Éloise 03:52, 7 October 2026 (+07)