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Cultivation of cannabis plant under Section 14 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,…

Section 14 NDPS Act allows cannabis cultivation "for industrial purposes only of obtaining fibre or seed or for horticultural purposes". Medical and scientific purposes are…

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Cultivation of cannabis plant under Section 14 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 is permitted only for-

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Section 14 NDPS Act allows cannabis cultivation "for industrial purposes only of obtaining fibre or seed or for horticultural purposes". Medical and scientific purposes are the general exception in section 8, and the section does not extend to producing ganja or to religious use.

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