Overview

• A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N. V. Anjaria adjourned the hearing to Wednesday after senior advocate Kapil Sibal sought time.
• In an affidavit, the Leh district magistrate said Sonam Wangchuk was detained on September 26 for activities prejudicial to security and public order, with grounds served within five days and the case sent to the NSA Advisory Board.
• Authorities told the Supreme Court that Wangchuk has not made a representation to the Advisory Board, though a letter from his wife to the President was placed before it and he was invited to file his own representation.
• The Jodhpur jail superintendent said Wangchuk is medically fit, housed alone in a 20×20 ft barrack but not in solitary confinement, has met family and lawyers under prison rules, and received a laptop at his request.
• At an earlier hearing, the court asked the Centre to examine sharing the detention grounds with Wangchuk’s wife, who seeks his production and challenges the NSA use after the September 24 Leh violence that left four dead.