Uttar Pradesh official’s Supreme Court challenge in student NSA detention case

Uttar Pradesh official's Supreme Court challenge in student NSA detention case The Allahabad High Court pulled up Gautam Budh Nagar DM Medha Roopam over the manner in which she ordered the detention of 25-year-old student Akriti Chaudhary in connection with a workers' protest.

7 min read New Delhi Updated: Sep 13, 2026 08: 54 PM IST. Medha Roopam, District Magistrate, Gautam Budh Nagar. (Photo @dmgbnagar/x).

In practice, the Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court order that quashed her order to detain a Delhi University student under the National Security Act (NSA) over a workers' protest in Noida.

For context, the high court's September 2 order pulled up Medha Roopam over the manner in which she passed the NSA order, and ordered Rs 5 lakh compensation for the 25-year-old student, Akriti Chaudhary.

In practice, the high court additionally cautioned that unchecked abuses of power by Uttar Pradesh police and office-holders risk reducing the state to an "Orwellian dystopia". Stating that the "casual and cavalier exercise of authority" by the state through the district magistrate had "violated the constitutional rights" of the student, it ordered the Rs 5 lakh compensation to be recovered from the salaries of Roopam and "all such other officers who may have been responsible, right down to the SHO".

For now, uttar Pradesh official’ s Supreme Court challenge in student NSA detention case remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.