‘Conduct worthy of derision’: HC rebukes Noida DM over illegal NSA detention

‘Conduct worthy of derision’: Allahabad HC pulls up District Magistrate over NSA detention of law student

The court observes that the District Magistrate ‘desired to set an example’ out of the petitioner and deter others from exercising their right to freedom of speech and expression in public spaces in support of workers

HC: Civil servants’ loyalty must be to Constitution, not political executive

Allahabad HC quashes NSA detention of DU activist Akriti Chaudhary, cites Article 21 violation, slams Noida DM, orders Rs 5 lakh compensation recovered from officials.

‘Conduct worthy of derision’: HC rebukes Noida DM over illegal NSA detention

The Allahabad high court said IAS and IPS officers must remember that their loyalty is to the Constitution and not the political executive.

Despotic conduct—HC's blistering censure of Noida DM over DU grad's NSA detention after workers protest

Court says Noida DM Medha Roopam was 'guilty of violating her oath of allegiance', Aakriti Chaudhary to get Rs 5 lakh compensation from salary of DM and others.

‘Worthy of derision’: HC on Noida official who detained 25-year-old activist after workers’ protest

The judges underlined that bureaucrats must ‘realise that their loyalty is towards the Constitution and not the political executive’.

‘Avoid Orwellian dystopia’: Allahabad High Court warns UP in DU graduate order

If they (bureaucracy and the police) ignore the solemn oath people of Uttar Pradesh would view them as an oppressive vestige of the British Empire arousing angst and hatred towards them: Allahabad High Court