The Allahabad High Court quashes the National Security Act (NSA) detention of activist Aakriti Chaudhary, who had challenged her arrest via a habeas corpus petition. The court says the detention is not supported by the basis on which it was made.
A bench of Justices Atul Sreedharan and Achal Sachdev rules that the decision to detain Chaudhary rests on a narrative that the court characterizes as “concocted” by the State. Both reports connect the detention to Chaudhary’s alleged involvement in events surrounding a workers’ protest in Noida.
The outlets report the same core finding: the High Court orders that the NSA detention cannot stand because the underlying story relied upon by the Uttar Pradesh government is fabricated. While both accounts focus on the court’s assessment of the State’s material, they do not add differing details on the protest incident itself or on any subsequent steps by the government beyond the quashing of the detention.
