UP govt using NSA to target Muslims on cow slaughter: Report Between January 2018 and December 2020, the Allahabad High Court ruled in 120 habeas corpus petitions challenging preventive detention under the NSA. By Yunus Y Lasania| Published: 6th April 2021 2:33 pm IST Allahabad High Court (Source: Wiki Commons) Hyderabad: In a damning expose that perhaps vindicates what activists have been claiming from all along about the National Security Act (NSA), an investigative report by The Indian Express has found that between January 2018 and December 2020, the Allahabad High Court (in Uttar Pradesh) quashed orders of district magistrates in as many as 32 districts, and ordered the release of the detainees who were arrested under the NSA.