The Supreme Court on Monday, October 6 issued notice to the Union government on Habeas Corpus petition filed by Gitanjali Angmo, wife of Ladakh-based activist Sonam Wangchuk, challenging his detention under the National Security Act (NSA) after the violence in Leh last month.

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Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Angmo, said that the plea is assailing the detention. "We are against the detention," he informed the court. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Union government, said that the grounds of detention have been supplied to Wangchuk.

"Issue notice," the Bench said.

Wangchuk, who is presently lo

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