Section 52H(1) in The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985
(1)The Controller of Drugs may by a general or special order authorise:(a)any person in-charge of an educational institution or engaged in scientific research to possess and use, for educational or scientific purposes only, essential narcotic drug, in such quantity and in such manner as may be specified in the said order;(b)a pilot of an aircraft or captain of a ship to possess and use, on the aircraft or ship, as the case may be, in any emergency, essential narcotic drug, in such quantity and in such manner as may be specified in the said order;(c)a person in-charge of an ambulance or a first-aid station or a first-aid box to possess and use, in an emergency, essential narcotic drug, in such quantity and in such manner as may be specified in the said order.