Allahabad HC quashes NSA detention of DU student, orders Rs 5 lakh compensation
The Allahabad High Court has quashed the National Security Act detention of Delhi University student activist Akriti Chaudhary, who was held during a workers' protest in Noida. The court directed Gautam Buddha Nagar district officials to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the student. The bench strongly criticized the arbitrary use of the stringent preventive detention law by authorities. The court also ordered that the officials' conduct be recorded in their service files as a mark of accountability.
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