Overview
- The case is listed for Monday before Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria, according to the Supreme Court’s cause list.
- The amended plea by Gitanjali J Angmo argues the detention relies on stale FIRs and vague allegations lacking a live nexus to public order or security.
- The petition claims Section 8 of the NSA was breached because the full grounds were supplied after 28 days, beyond the normal five-day limit or ten in exceptional cases.
- The government, represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, has told the court that the law was followed and the grounds were provided.
- Wangchuk was detained on September 26 following deadly September 24 protests in Leh and was transferred to a Jodhpur jail under the NSA, which permits up to 12 months of preventive detention; the plea also points to land-lease and FCRA notices, a CBI probe, and tax summons as signs of targeted pressure.