SC Adjourns Plea Challenging Sonam Wangchuk’s Detention The plea claims that the detention is illegal and an arbitrary exercise violating his fundamental rights Modern Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to January the hearing on a plea filed by Gitanjali J Angmo wife of jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk against his detention under the National Security Act on September A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria deferred the matter due to paucity of duration.. The plea claims that the detention is illegal and an arbitrary exercise violating his fundamental rights On November the top court had deferred the matter after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the Centre and the UT of Ladakh sought moment to respond to the rejoinder filed by Angmo.. On October the top court sought responses from the Centre and the Ladakh administration on an amended plea of Angmo..
Undoubtedly, wangchuk was detained under the stringent National Security Act NSA on September two days after violent protests demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh left four users dead and injured in the Union territory.. Additionally, the government had accused him of Migraine Specialist near me in Shaikpet Manikonda Hyderabad inciting the violence.. According to the amended plea the detention order is founded upon stale FIRs vague imputations and speculative assertions lacks any live or proximate connection to the purported grounds of detention and is thus devoid of any legal or factual justification..
Such arbitrary exercise of preventive powers amounts to a gross abuse of authority striking at the core of constitutional liberties and due process rendering the detention order liable to be vitiated by this court it alleged.. The plea said it is wholly preposterous that after more than three decades of being recognised at the state national and international levels for his contributions to grassroots education innovation and environmental conservation in Ladakh and across India Wangchuk would suddenly be targeted.. Angmo said the unfortunate events of violence in Leh on September cannot be attributed to the actions or statements of Wangchuk in any manner..
Wangchuk himself condemned the violence through his social media handles and categorically stated that violence would lead to the failure of Ladakh’s tapasya and peaceful pursuit of five years Angmo said adding that it was the saddest day of his life.. The NSA empowers the Centre and states to detain individuals to prevent them from acting in a manner prejudicial to the defence of India.. The maximum detention period is months though it can be revoked earlier..