Noida DM Moves SC Against Allahabad HC Order Reprimanding Her for Student's Detention Under NSA
The petition challenges a ₹5 lakh salary deduction order after the high court quashed a nearly five-month detention under the National Security Act.
- Noida District Magistrate Medha Roopam has approached the Supreme Court to challenge an Allahabad High Court order directing recovery of ₹5 lakh from her salary as compensation to student Akriti Chaudhary for her detention.
- On September 2, the High Court quashed Chaudhary's detention under the National Security Act, terming the State's version a "concocted story" and ordering her immediate release from custody.
- The High Court strongly criticized Roopam's "despotic" and "errant" conduct, finding she invoked the National Security Act to set an "example of her" deterring others from exercising free speech.
- Judges directed that displeasure regarding the District Magistrate and police be recorded in their service records; Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had previously indicated the government would appeal the decision.
- The court emphasized that officers are servants who serve the people, who are "the masters in a democracy," warning such conduct could reduce Uttar Pradesh to an Orwellian dystopia.
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Noida DM moves SC against Rs 5 lakh compensation order in student detention case
Gautam Buddh Nagar DM Medha Roopam has challenged the Allahabad High Court order in the Supreme Court. The appeal puts judicial scrutiny of bureaucratic accountability and NSA detentions back in focus.
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Noida DM moves SC against Allahabad HC order reprimanding her for student's detention under NSA
A district magistrate has appealed to the Supreme Court against a High Court order. The High Court directed a Rs 5 lakh deduction from her salary. This deduction was for the detention of a student under the National Security Act. The court had quashed the student's detention, calling it concocted. It also criticized bureaucratic conduct and ordered compensation recovery.
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