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Supreme Court To Hear Sonam Wangchuk Habeas Plea as Activist Urges Judicial Probe From Jail

The top court will consider a challenge to his preventive detention under the NSA after lethal Leh protests left four people dead.

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Nature lovers gather at Aarey Colony, Mumbai, to mark six years since the night the trees were felled. The gathering also expresses solidarity with Sonam Wangchuk and all defenders of the environment.
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Sonam Wangchuk has been the face of protests demanding constitutional safeguards and statehood for Ladakh. (Photo: Reuters/File)

Overview

  • A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria is slated to take up the habeas corpus petition on October 6 at 10:30 am.
  • Wife Gitanjali J Angmo’s plea calls the detention illegal and unconstitutional, alleging no grounds were furnished, access was denied, and she has been kept under virtual house arrest.
  • From Jodhpur Central Jail, Wangchuk said he will remain in custody until an independent judicial inquiry is ordered into the September 24 shootings and urged a strictly non-violent movement.
  • Authorities allege Wangchuk incited violence and hint at foreign links, and the government has cancelled the FCRA licence of SECMOL, an NGO he founded.
  • Talks with the Centre have been paused by the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance pending a judicial probe and detainee releases, after four people were killed and scores injured in the Leh unrest.