New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its order on Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate (DM) Medha Roopam's plea challenging the Allahabad High Court judgment that quashed the NSA detention of student activist Akriti Chaudhary and directed that Rs 5 lakh be paid to her as compensation by deducting the amount from Roopam's salary. The HC had also passed strictures against the DM over her handling of the detention proceedings.
A bench of Justices SC Sharma and NK Singh heard arguments on whether Roopam could be held personally liable when the detention proposal had moved through several levels of the administration. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the State of Uttar Pradesh, and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Roopam, submitted that the DM had acted on material placed before her after it had gone through the SHO, DCP and Commissioner. They also pointed out that the NSA Advisory Board had subsequently examined the detention.
