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Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA Detention Today

The case tests whether preventive detention rules under the NSA were followed in Wangchuk’s arrest.

Overview

  • The plea by Gitanjali J Angmo is listed for November 24 before Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria, according to the Supreme Court’s cause list.
  • Her amended petition calls the detention illegal, saying it relies on stale FIRs and vague assertions and that full grounds were supplied only after 28 days in breach of Section 8.
  • The filing cites a cluster of recent actions against Wangchuk, including land-lease cancellation notices, FCRA cancellation, a CBI probe initiation, and Income Tax summons.
  • Authorities allege he incited the September 24 Leh unrest that left four dead and over 90 injured, while he publicly condemned the violence as the saddest day of his life.
  • Wangchuk was detained on September 26 under the NSA and moved to a Jodhpur jail; on October 29 the Court sought responses from the Centre and Ladakh as the government maintained due process was followed.