The Ladakh administration informed the Supreme Court that climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuck’s preventive detention under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA) was lawful, necessary, and based on credible material indicating his involvement in “activities prejudicial to national security.”

In an affidavit filed by the Leh District Magistrate (DM), the Union territory defended the order and rejected allegations of illegal detention or procedural lapses.

The affidavit, filed in response to a petition challenging Wangchuck’s detention, stated that the activist has “not yet made any representation to the detaining authority against his detention order.” It further asserted that the detention was carried out in accordance with all procedural safeguards under law,

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