India, Sept. 9 -- Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the Uttar Pradesh government will challenge the Allahabad High Court order quashing the National Security Act (NSA) detention of 24-year-old Delhi University law graduate and activist Akriti Chaudhary.

Mehta made the submission before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana. Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate Medha Roopam, who passed the original detention order, is also expected to file a separate appeal.

The move comes a week after the Allahabad High Court, on September 2, quashed Chaudhary's NSA detention and directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay her Rs 5 lakh in compen...