Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who has filed the petition, told the bench that a similar issue is already pending before the apex court. Upadhyay said some of the countries, including Singapore, have taken several effective steps to deal with the problem of drug trafficking. It also sought a direction to the Centre to frame SOP for time-bound investigation and speedy trial in such cases. It also sought the constitution of special courts for speedy trial of the NDPS cases and implementation of mandatory digital recording and videography of search, seizure and sampling proceedings. The petitioner has also sought a direction to the Law Commission to prepare a comprehensive report on the issue and a declaration that sentences in NDPS cases should run consecutively.