New Delhi. suThe Supreme Court on Thursday amended its interim order and stayed the strong observation passed in the Allahabad High Court against Gautam Budh Nagar District Magistrate Medha Rupam, in which she was directed to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the detention of a student under NSA during the workers' protest. Akriti Choudhary, a student, was detained under the National Security Act (NSA) during the workers' protest in Noida in April.
Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N. The bench headed by Kotishwar Singh issued an interim order and fixed October 7 for hearing the case. According to the order uploaded on the top court's website late Wednesday evening, the entire impugned portion of the high court judgment was stayed and it said, “Until the case is heard on merits, the implementation of the impugned judgment, particularly para no. 27 to 33, will remain stayed.”
However, in the amended order uploaded later, it has been made clear that “until the case is heard on merits, the implementation of paras 27 to 33 of the impugned judgment, including the imposition of fine and stern remarks on the petitioner, will remain on hold.”
In paragraphs 27 to 33 of the High Court's judgment of September 2, the District Magistrate was strongly criticized. He was questioned and reprimanded for imposing NSA against the student. Besides, an order was also given to give compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the student. This amount was ordered to be given from Rupam's salary.
The bench has not stayed the High Court order canceling Chaudhary's custody. The top court issued these interim orders on two separate petitions filed by Rupam and the Uttar Pradesh government. Choudhary was arrested in cases related to workers' protests in Noida and Uttar Pradesh Police had imposed NSA on him and activist-journalist Satya Verma on May 13. He was among several activists who were arrested in cases related to protests demanding higher wages for workers.
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