SC Orders Production of Detained Noida Protestors: They’re Not Terrorists, Only Demanding Basic Wages

The Supreme Court directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to produce two individuals, Aditya Anand and Rupesh Roy, who were arrested during a recent labor protest in Noida.

Hearing a writ petition alleging custodial torture, the Bench ordered their physical production on May 18.

Justice Nagarathna orally remarked that the individuals were merely demanding basic rights like minimum wages and should not be treated as terrorists, emphasizing that subscribing to a leftist ideology does not equate to criminality.

The Court ordered that they remain in judicial custody, blocking potential police remand, while noting serious procedural lapses in their initial arrests.

[Keshaw Anand v. State of Uttar Pradesh]