Will Challenge Allahabad HC Order Quashing Student Activist's NSA Detention: SG Mehta to SC
The government plans to appeal after the court found flaws in the detention order and ordered ₹5 lakh compensation for the student activist.
- On Wednesday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court that the Uttar Pradesh government will challenge the Allahabad High Court decision quashing the National Security Act detention of Delhi University student Akriti Chaudhary.
- The High Court division bench led by Justice Atul Sreedharan quashed Chaudhary's detention on September 2, criticizing Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate Medha Roopam for "despotic" conduct and lack of application of mind.
- Judges ordered the state to pay Chaudhary ₹5 lakh in compensation recoverable from Roopam's salary, after terming the state's version a "concocted story" lacking factual basis.
- During Wednesday's hearing, the Supreme Court grilled a Greater Noida executive magistrate for issuing a notice to a student, with the Chief Justice questioning how the official "dared" to act despite prior court directions.
- Following an April workers' protest in Noida where laborers demanded wage parity, police invoked the NSA against Chaudhary, a history graduate who spent nearly five months in custody.
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Will challenge HC order quashing activist's NSA detention: SG
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court that an appeal would be filed against an Allahabad High Court decision that quashed the detention of Delhi University student Akriti Chaudhary under the National Security Act. The High Court had also awarded Rs 5 lakh compensation to Chaudhary and criticised the "despotic" conduct of the Gautam Buddha Nagar DM. The Supreme Court also expressed displeasure over a Greater Noida executive ma…
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Times of IndiaWill challenge Allahabad HC order quashing student activist's NSA detention: SG Mehta to SC
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta presented an appeal to the Supreme Court against a High Court's decision that annulled the detention of Akriti Chaudhary under the National Security Act. The Allahabad High Court not only quashed her detention but also awarded compensation to the Delhi University student. The Supreme Court seeks clarity from a Greater Noida executive magistrate while the government plans to challenge the High Court's order.
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