Overview

• Gitanjali J. Angmo submitted a habeas corpus petition on October 2 under Article 32, asking the Supreme Court to order Sonam Wangchuk’s immediate release.
• Wangchuk has been held under the National Security Act since September 26 and is lodged in Jodhpur Central Jail after protests in Leh on September 24 left four dead and around 90 injured.
• Angmo says she has not received the detention order and has had no contact with her husband, alleging surveillance and the detention and mistreatment of staff linked to their institute.
• The Ladakh administration defends the action as evidence‑based, citing what it calls provocative speeches and confirming that grounds of detention were served; the Lieutenant Governor says legal remedies are available.
• The Supreme Court is expected to consider urgent matters when it reopens on October 6, as a magisterial inquiry into the September 24 violence proceeds and daytime curfew relaxations take effect in Leh.