Times of India · DistrictNews · 2026-09-29
Supreme Court imposes 10 lakh cost on UP government for illegal NSA detention
Uttar Pradesh govt failed to give a satisfactory answer for keeping an accused in the 2024 Sambhal violence case under preventive detention for a year under the National Security Act, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday and slapped a Rs 10 lakh fine on the state, to be paid to the detenu. It also reminded the state to "remain faithful" to the preventive detention jurisprudence and not use it as a punitive measure.
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