The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and Ladakh UT on Sonam Wangchuk’s wife’s plea challenging his detention under the NSA. Wangchuk’s wife seeks immediate release, access, and quashing of the detention order amid ongoing protests in Ladakh

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre and Union Territory of Ladakh on a plea filed by Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J Angmo, challenging the climate activist’s detention under the National Security Act, and seeking his immediate release.

However, a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria refused to pass any order on providing grounds of detention to Wangchuk’s wife and posted the matter for hearing on October 14.

Wangchuk was detained under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) on

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