Supreme court order the authority to release Manipur Based Political activists before 5 PM Admin Mon, Jul 19, 2021, at ,02:57 PM The Supreme Court directed the release of Manipur-based political activist, booked under NSA for his criticism of BJP leaders on the use of cow dung and cow urine as cures for COVID-19, by 5 pm, saying he cannot be put in jail for even a night. A bench of Justice D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah said that his continued detention will be in violation of his fundamental right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution.The plea has challenged the preventive detention of the political activist under the National Security Act (NSA), alleging that it has been done "solely to punish him" for his criticism of BJP leaders purportedly advocating cow dung and cow urine as cures for COVID-19. The plea, filed by the father of political activist Leichombam Erendro, claimed that his son had on May 13 posted on Facebook that cure for coronavirus is not cow's dung and urine