SC To Hear Climate Activist Sonam Wangchuk's Wife Plea Seeking His Release On Monday

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on October 6 a habeas corpus petition filed by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Geetanjali Angmo, against his detention under the National Security Act (NSA) and seeking his release.

A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria will hear the case. Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Geetanjali Angmo, approached the Supreme Court seeking her husband's release on Friday.

Wangchuk was detained under the National Security Act (NSA) and was shifted to Jodhpur Central Jail in Rajasthan for allegedly inciting violent protests in Ladakh.

Angmo, in her plea filed through lawyer Sarvam Ritam Khare, has challenged Wangchuk's detention, besides seeking his immediate release. The plea also questions the decision to invoke the NSA against Wangchuk.

Angmo alleged that she had yet to get a copy of the detention order, in violation of the rules. Moreover, she said, she has had no contact so far with Wangchuk. Recently, the Ladakh administration rejected claims of a "witch-hunt" or a "smokescreen" operation against Wangchuk.

The jailed activist's wife had on Wednesday (October 1) written to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, among others, seeking their intervention for the release of her husband. In a three-page letter, Wangchuk’s wife alleged a "witch-hunt" against her husband for espousing the cause of the people over the past four years and said she is completely unaware of her husband's condition.

“We request an unconditional release of Wangchuk, a person who can never be a threat to anyone, let alone his Nation. He has dedicated his life to serving the brave sons of soil of Ladakh and stands in solidarity with the Indian Army in defence of our great nation,” Angmo said in the representation forwarded through the deputy commissioner, Leh.

Wangchuk was detained under the National Security Act on September 26, two days after violent clashes in Leh town left four persons dead and scores of others injured. The violence broke out during the protests in support of the demands, including statehood for Ladakh and the region's inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.

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