The Allahabad High Court on Thursday (October 8, 2026) asked what the term “Andolanjivi” means and how it found its way into an NSA detention grounds signed by Gautam Buddh Nagar District Magistrate Medha Roopam against journalist Satyam Verma, an accused in the April 2026 Noida workers’ protest.
“Where does this term ‘andolanjivi’ come from?” Justice Atul Sreedharan asked the Additional Advocate General representing the Uttar Pradesh government. The court further questioned how such a word entered an official document.
The bench also came down heavily on the authorities asking how a person’s ideology, reading material or organisational ties could, on their own, form a valid basis for preventive detention.
The questions came during the hearing of Mr. Verma’s plea challenging the DM’s May 12 detention order, along with the State government’s approval and confirmation orders. He has sought quashing of the orders, his immediate release and compensation for alleged illegal detention. The bench of Justices Sreedharan and Achal Sachdev reserved its order on 8 October.
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