Solicitor General orally marks intention to challenge HC’s scathing decision against NSA detention of student
The Solicitor General of India has indicated the government's intent to challenge an Allahabad High Court ruling that quashed the detention of a student activist under the National Security Act. The High Court had previously criticized the District Magistrate for a lack of due process and ordered compensation for the student.
Why it matters
The case underscores the legal debate surrounding the use of the National Security Act against student protesters and the judiciary's role in checking executive power.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Wednesday (September 9, 2026) orally indicated the government’s intent to challenge an Allahabad High Court decision to quash an order of the Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate, Medha Roopam, detaining a 25-year-old Delhi University law student under the National Security Act (NSA) over a workers’ protest in Noida in April this year.
Mr. Mehta made a remark to this extent while making an oral mention in connection with a separate case concerning a show-cause notice issued by an Executive Magistrate, Greater Noida Commissionerate, to a student in connection with the NEET-UG paper leaks protests.
A High Court Division Bench headed by Justice Atul Sreedharan had quashed the NSA detention of Akriti Chaudhary in a September 2 order while deriding Ms. Roopam’s lack of application of mind to a police report against the student activist, who had spent nearly five months in custody.
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