Supreme Court revision leaves Delhi student’s detention decision in place
A revised Supreme Court order leaves intact the quashing of a Delhi University student’s detention under the National Security Act. The updated order narrows an interim stay to certain strictures against Medha Roopam and a ₹5 lakh costs award, rather than freezing the whole Allahabad High Court judgment.
A revised order from India’s Supreme Court has left intact the quashing of a Delhi University student’s detention under the National Security Act, according to The Hindu. An earlier version of the order had directed an interim stay of the entire Allahabad High Court judgment. The updated version limits that stay to specific parts of the ruling.
Those parts include strictures passed in several paragraphs against Medha Roopam and the award of costs of ₹5 lakh. The available report does not reproduce the strictures or explain the grounds on which the High Court had imposed the costs. The revision means the Supreme Court’s freeze does not extend across the whole High Court judgment.
In particular, the reported quashing of the student’s detention remains in place. The supplied material does not identify the student, set out the allegations behind the detention or explain why the order was amended. It records only the change in the scope of the interim stay and its effect on the detention decision.
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