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Supreme Court Fines UP Govt Rs 10 Lakh for Illegal NSA Detention
✍️ The Times of India
🗓 30 Sep 2026, 06:32 AM
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The Supreme Court has imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on the Uttar Pradesh government for detaining a person under the National Security Act without legal basis. The court termed the detention illegal and directed the state to pay the amount.
The Supreme Court has ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to pay a cost of Rs 10 lakh for an illegal detention carried out under the National Security Act. The bench found that the detention lacked legal justification and therefore deemed it unlawful. As a result, the court imposed the financial penalty on the state government. The ruling underscores the court’s stance on safeguarding individual liberty against misuse of preventive detention laws. No further details about the case or the individual involved were provided in the lead.