SC refuses to interfere with Allahabad HC verdict quashing NSA detention of Kafeel Khan

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with Allahabad High Court verdict quashing detention of Dr Kafeel Khan under the National Security Act.

The Yogi government had filed a petition in the apex court challenging the High Court order that quashed the NSA against Khan for an alleged speech against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

The detention of Kafeel Khan, the doctor from Uttar Pradesh, was 'illegal', the high court had said in its order on September 1, adding the doctor's speech did not show any effort to promote hate or violence.