All India Students Association member holds a poster with ‘Release Sonam Wangchuk’ written on it during a demonstration in solidarity with Ladakh, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. File.
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The Supreme Court will on Monday (December 8, 2025) hear a plea filed by Gitanjali J. Angmo, wife of jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, terming his detention under the National Security Act “illegal, and an arbitrary exercise violating his fundamental rights”.
On October 29, the top court sought responses from the Centre and the Ladakh administration on an amended plea of Ms. Angmo. According to the amended plea, “The detention order is founded upon stale FIRs, vague imputations, and speculative assertions, lacks any live or proximate connection to the purported grounds of detention and is thus devoid of any legal or factual justification…” Ms. Angmo said the unfortunate events of violence in Leh on September 24 cannot be attributed to the actions or statements of Mr. Wangchuk in any manner.
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Mr. Wangchuk was detained under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) on September 26, two days after violent protests demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh left four people dead and 90 injured in the Union territory. The government had accused him of inciting the violence. On November 24, the top court had deferred the matter after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre and the UT of Ladakh, sought time to respond to the rejoinder filed by Angmo.
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