'Orwellian Dystopia’: HC raps Noida DM over student’s detention during workers' protest
The Allahabad High Court quashed the detention of a student activist under the National Security Act, ordering compensation to be paid by the responsible officials. The court criticized the local administration for its 'despotic' conduct and lack of evidence.
Why it matters
The ruling serves as a significant check on the use of preventive detention laws by local authorities against activists.
NEW DELHI: The Allahabad High Court has ordered recovery of Rs 5 lakh from the salaries of the Gautam Buddha Nagar district magistrate and other officials after quashing the National Security Act (NSA) detention of Delhi University student and activist Akriti Chaudhary.The division bench of Justices Atul Sreedharan and Achal Sachdev held that Chaudhary's detention violated her fundamental right to life and personal liberty under Article 21, finding that the material relied upon by authorities did not justify invoking the stringent preventive detention law.The court directed that Rs 5 lakh be paid to Chaudhary as compensation and recovered from the salary of Gautam Buddha Nagar DM Medha Roopam and other officers found responsible, including the SHO who prepared the initial report backing her detention.
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