Allahabad HC drops NSA against DU student over Noida stir, but she’ll stay in jail
The Allahabad High Court has quashed the detention of a Delhi University student under the National Security Act, citing procedural lapses by the police. However, she remains in jail as she faces multiple other criminal charges related to a labour protest in Noida.
Why it matters
The case highlights ongoing tensions between civil liberties, student activism, and the use of preventive detention laws in India.
NOIDA/PRAYAGRAJ: Calling the case against her “concocted”, Allahabad high court on Wednesday quashed Noida police’s detention of DU law student and labour activist Aakriti Choudhary under National Security Act.Aakriti (25), who is accused of instigating arson and stone-pelting by industrial workers during a protest in the city on April 13 demanding an increase in minimum wages, was arrested a day before the unrest near Botanical Garden.Allowing her habeas corpus plea after finding several procedural lapses when it examined the sequence of her arrest and issuance of notices by police under BNSS, a division bench of justices Atul Sreedharan and Achal Sachdev ordered compensation of Rs 5 lakh for Aakriti and directed her immediate release if arrest was not warranted in any other case.Aakriti, however, will not walk free as she has been named in 11 FIRs registered at five Noida police stations in connection with the labour protest on charges…
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