The Union government on Monday opposed activist Sonam Wangchuk’s request to appear before the Supreme Court via video conference from the Jodhpur Central Jail in proceedings challenging his detention under the National Security Act, Live Law reported.

The request was made while a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria was hearing a petition filed by his wife, Gitanjali Angmo, who has argued that Wangchuk’s detention is illegal and violates his fundamental rights.

Wangchuk was arrested in Leh on September 26 under the National Security Act, two days after four persons were killed in police firing during protests seeking statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. He was later taken to the jail in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur .

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