Supreme Court Reserves Order on Noida DM Compensation Plea

…court’s strictures against the district magistrate, while senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi represented the state government. After hearing the parties, the bench allowed Chaudhary’s lawyer to file a response and said, “ On interim orders, judgment reserved. ” Mehta told the court that the entire order was passed without issuing notice to Roopam and the high court passed strictures against her even when the fact remains that she is just one among the many officers involved…

…the arrest was on April 12 and the proposal for detention under NSA is moved by the station house officer of the local police station and is vetted by several officers in the chain of command till it reaches the DM. “ Even if the arrest is bad, what has she to do with the detention order. We are not on legality of arrest but this order must go ,” Rohatgi said. Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, who was representing Chaudhary in court, justified the HC order, which found the detention to be based on a story “concocted” by the state and directed her immediate…