SC Flags Post-Order Coercion
A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana on 9 September said it will seek an explanation from Greater Noida authorities after an Executive Magistrate issued a Section 130 BNSS show-cause to Gautam Buddha University second-year student Akshat Tripathi.
The notice, dated 4 September and later withdrawn by police, asked for a Rs 5 lakh personal bond and two equal sureties to keep peace for six months. Police alleged he encouraged peers to join the CJP Jantar Mantar sit-in. Tripathi denied unlawful mobilisation and said participation was peaceful while the campus was closed.
Court Record
- Sept 1 order used Article 142 to quash multi-state FIRs from 20–25 July protests and barred fresh penal action against student participants.
- Senior Advocate Bishwajit Bhattacharyya mentioned the Noida notice in open court.
- CJI: “How could a magistrate dare to issue notice? We made clear no coercive action against any student.”
- Bench: place the notice on record; authority must explain.
Ground Facts
- Ecotech-1 station report by SI Shiva Pandey named Tripathi, originally from Jhunsi, Prayagraj.
- Hearing had been listed for 5 September; notice revoked after publicity.
- CJP co-convenor Saurav Das: DM Gautam Buddh Nagar Medha Roopam had not read the Sept 1 blanket immunity line.
“There is no question of taking action against our youth. We have passed a clear order.”
Pending Track
Explanation from the magistrate remains due. Compensation modalities for paper-leak victims still sit on the 90-day clock set on 1 September.