The Supreme Court pauses an order requiring Noida District Magistrate Medha Roopam to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation from her salary to a student activist. NDTV reports that the pause follows a relief granted to the district magistrate by the top court.
The case traces back to a directive from the Allahabad High Court, which had ordered Roopam to bear the compensation personally through salary deductions. The Supreme Court’s intervention temporarily prevents the compensation order from taking effect while the matter remains under consideration. The reporting does not indicate the underlying reasons for the original Allahabad High Court order or any final decision on the merits at this stage.
Across the two accounts, both describe the same procedural development: the compensation amount is Rs 5 lakh, the payment source is the district magistrate’s salary, and the Allahabad High Court is the authority that issued the original directive. Both also state that the Supreme Court has paused the order, providing interim relief to Roopam.
