TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I.
THE PARTIES.................................................................................................... 2
II.
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE APPLICATION .................................................... 3
A. Facts of the matter ....................................................................................... 3
B. Alleged violations ......................................................................................... 3
III.
SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT ............................. 4
IV.
PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES............................................................................ 4
V.
JURISDICTION .................................................................................................. 5
A. Objection to the material jurisdiction of the Court ........................................ 6
B. Other aspects of jurisdiction......................................................................... 8
VI.
ADMISSIBILITY ................................................................................................. 9
A.
Objections to admissibility ................................................................................ 10
i.
Objection based on non-exhaustion of local remedies ........................ 10
ii.
Objection based on failure to file the Application within a reasonable time
............................................................................................................ 12
B. Other conditions of admissibility ................................................................ 14
VII. MERITS ........................................................................................................... 15
A. Alleged violation due to failure to determine the exact weight of the
impounded Cannabis Sativa ...................................................................... 15
B. Alleged violation relating to the possession of the Cannabis Sativa .......... 18
C. Alleged violation due to the three (3) months delay in sending the seized
Cannabis Sativa to the government chemist.............................................. 20
D. Alleged violation due to the lack of a supreme court in the Respondent
State .......................................................................................................... 21
VIII. REPARATIONS ............................................................................................... 23
IX.
COSTS ............................................................................................................. 24
X.
OPERATIVE PART .......................................................................................... 24
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