Supreme Court pauses compensation order against Noida official
India’s Supreme Court has stayed a High Court order requiring Noida District Magistrate Medha Roopam to pay ₹5 lakh in a detention case. Her lawyer argued that the decision followed a multi-tiered process and that she should not be singled out.
The Supreme Court has stayed an order requiring Noida District Magistrate Medha Roopam to pay ₹5 lakh in compensation in a case involving detention under the National Security Act. The Allahabad High Court had directed Ms Roopam to pay the amount from her salary to a student activist, according to the supplied material. Appearing for Ms Roopam, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi argued that decisions in such matters passed through a multi-tiered process.
He submitted that his client should not be singled out for the penalty. The Supreme Court’s stay pauses the effect of the High Court’s compensation order. The supplied material does not explain the underlying detention, identify the student activist or state the terms of the Supreme Court’s order.
It also does not indicate whether the case has been finally decided. The available information is limited to the stay and the argument made on behalf of the district magistrate.
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