The Supreme Court has stayed the operation of paragraphs 27 to 33 of the Allahabad High Court judgment that had directed the recovery of ₹5 lakh from the personal salary of Noida DM Medha Roopam, and recorded strictures against her, over a student’s quashed NSA detention. Issuing notice on her plea and a connected State petition, the Court stayed the strictures until the matter is heard on merits, and listed it for October 7.
The Supreme Court has reserved orders on a plea by Noida District Magistrate Medha Roopam challenging the Allahabad High Court’s direction to recover ₹5 lakh from her personal salary as compensation to a student whose National Security Act detention, over the Noida workers’ protest, the High Court quashed as based on a ‘concocted’ story. The State and the DM argued that the personal strictures and cost were unwarranted, and pressed for a stay. The student’s counsel opposed the plea.
