New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the plea by Gautam Buddh Nagar district magistrate Medha Roopam challenging an Allahabad High Court order directing that Rs.5 lakh in compensation awarded to a student detained under the National Security Act be recovered from her salary.

A bench of justices Satish Chandra Sharma and N Kotiswar Singh was hearing appeals filed by Roopam and the Uttar Pradesh government against the high court's September 2 judgment quashing the detention of 25-year-old Delhi University history graduate Akriti Chaudhary in connection with the Noida workers' protest in April.

Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for Roopam, challenged the high court's strictures against the dis...