Supreme Court to Hear Plea Challenging Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA Detention on Monday

Overview

• A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N. V. Anjaria is listed to take up the petition filed by Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J. Angmo.
• Angmo’s amended plea calls the detention arbitrary, arguing it relies on stale FIRs, vague imputations, and speculative assertions that violate fundamental rights.
• The Supreme Court had sought responses from the Centre and Ladakh administration on October 29 and deferred the case on November 24 after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta requested time to reply.
• Wangchuk was detained on September 26 under the National Security Act after September 24 protests in Leh left four dead and about 90 injured, with authorities alleging he incited the violence.
• The petition notes that Wangchuk publicly condemned the clashes, and it highlights that the NSA allows preventive detention for up to 12 months.