Overview

• Angmo filed the habeas corpus plea on October 2 under Article 32 after Wangchuk’s September 26 detention under the National Security Act.
• According to the Supreme Court causelist, a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria will take up the case on October 6.
• Wangchuk remains lodged in Jodhpur Central Jail as Angmo alleges she has neither received the detention order nor been allowed contact with him.
• The Ladakh administration and the Lieutenant Governor defend the action as evidence-based, citing alleged provocative speeches including references to self-immolation and the Arab Spring, and say grounds of detention were served.
• Authorities link the detention to violence during September 24 protests in Leh that left four dead and many injured, while LAB and KDA have demanded his and others’ release.