Overview
- The matter is listed before Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria, according to the court’s cause list.
- Sonam Wangchuk has been held under the National Security Act since September 26 and is lodged in a Jodhpur jail.
- The petition claims the full grounds of detention were given after 28 days, contrary to Section 8 timelines that require communication within five to ten days.
- The plea cites a pattern of actions, including land lease and FCRA cancellations, a CBI inquiry, and Income Tax summons, as efforts to silence dissent.
- Solicitor General Tushar Mehta has said legal procedures were followed and the grounds of detention were supplied, while the filing notes Wangchuk publicly condemned the September 24 violence that left four dead and over 90 injured.