Supreme Court narrows interim stay in Allahabad detention ruling
India’s Supreme Court has limited the scope of an interim stay concerning an Allahabad High Court order that quashed a student’s detention under the National Security Act. The High Court had also ordered ₹5 lakh in compensation, recoverable from the district magistrate and other officials.
The Supreme Court has restricted the scope of an interim stay relating to an Allahabad High Court order involving the Gautam Buddha Nagar district magistrate, The Hindu reports. The High Court had quashed the detention of a student under the National Security Act and directed that ₹5 lakh be paid to the student. It ordered that the amount be recovered from the salaries of the district magistrate and other officials involved.
The Supreme Court’s interim order, according to the supplied material, limits the stay to the strictures and costs contained in the High Court’s ruling. The case reached the top court through an appeal against that order. The material does not identify the student, explain the circumstances of the detention, or give the Supreme Court’s full reasoning.
It also does not state the next stage of the appeal or whether any payment has been made.
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