Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Questions Over Noida DM Case Listing Before Junior Bench
Two cases were listed in the Supreme Court in a way that has caused questions.
One case was filed by Noida District Magistrate Medha Roopam.
The other was filed by the Uttar Pradesh government.
It challenged a ruling by the Allahabad High Court.
That ruling had cancelled the detention of a student under the National Security Act.
The student’s detention was connected to a workers’ protest in Noida.
Live Law reported that both cases were placed before Justice SC Sharma’s junior-most bench.
The concern is that these cases were reportedly meant to go before four senior Supreme Court benches.
The article does not state how the listing issue will be resolved.
Questions have been raised over the Supreme Court listing of a petition by Noida District Magistrate Medha Roopam.
A separate petition was filed by the Uttar Pradesh government challenging an Allahabad High Court judgment.
The judgment had quashed the National Security Act detention of a student linked to a Noida workers’ protest.
According to Live Law, both matters were listed before the junior-most bench of Justice SC Sharma.
The reported listing has prompted questions because the relevant roster was intended for four senior-most benches.
- Who
- Noida District Magistrate Medha Roopam and the Uttar Pradesh government filed the two petitions; Justice SC Sharma’s bench was reported to have heard or received the listings.
- What
- Questions were raised over the listing of the two petitions before a junior-most Supreme Court bench.
- Where
- The listings were in the Supreme Court; the underlying detention case concerned a Noida workers’ protest and an Allahabad High Court judgment.
- Why
- The questions arose because the roster for such cases was reportedly intended for the four senior-most benches.
- Petitioners
- Noida District Magistrate Medha Roopam and the Uttar Pradesh government
- Underlying judgment
- The Allahabad High Court judgment quashed a student’s detention under the National Security Act
- Related incident
- A workers’ protest in Noida
- Reported listing bench
- The junior-most bench of Justice SC Sharma
- Rostered benches
- Benches led by CJI Surya Kant, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice BV Nagarthna, and Justice MM Sundresh
- Source cited
- Live Law