Allahabad HC quashes NSA detention of activist Akriti Chaudhary, awards compensation

The Allahabad High Court has overturned the National Security Act detention of activist Akriti Chaudhary and ordered compensation in her favour. The court criticised the Gautam Budh Nagar administration for failing to produce adequate evidence to justify the detention. Judges stressed that government officials must uphold constitutional duties rather than act on political considerations. The ruling noted no evidence existed showing Chaudhary had incited violence, making the preventive detention unjustified. The verdict serves as a strong warning against misuse of preventive detention laws to target activists.