The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on October 6 a habeas corpus petition filed by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wif e, Dr. Gitanjali J. Angmo, against the preventive detention of her husband under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980, following violent protests on September 24 in Leh .

A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria would hear the plea on the day of reopening of the top court after the week-long Dasara vacation.

The case has been marked for priority hearing at the top of list on the board of the two-judge Bench on Monday.

Ms. Angmo has asked the apex court to direct the authorities to produce Mr. Wangchuk in court. She submitted that it has been a week since Mr. Wangchuk was reported to be detained at Jodhpur in Rajasthan on September 26. She said th

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