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February 16, 2026, 05:20 PM - 3 min read
The Court said it wants actual transcripts of Wangchuk's statements from the government after Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal submitted that some of the words attributed to the activist were never said by him.Sibal also argued that Wangchuk's right to representation against the detention was violated as the content cited against him was not provided to him on time.
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February 13, 2026, 05:10 PM - 3 min read
Concluding arguments in the case, the government told a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale that Wanghcuk's detention arrested the violence in Ladakh and this proved that the detention was justified.After the detention, complete agitation and violence came under control, government said.
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February 11, 2026, 04:32 PM - 3 min read
A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale made the observation while hearing the plea moved by Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali J Angmo against his preventive detention.Opposing the plea, Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj submitted that Wangchuk had warned that a violent agitation, akin to what occurred in Nepal, could take place in Ladakh and that youth were expressing doubts in the effectiveness of peaceful methods.
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February 5, 2026, 04:47 PM - 3 min read
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 12 months, though it can be revoked earlier.
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February 4, 2026, 05:51 PM - 3 min read
A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale was hearing the plea moved by Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali J Angmo against his preventive detention. The Court told Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, appearing for the Centre,The health condition of Wangchuk is stated to be ‘not good’.
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February 3, 2026, 04:47 PM - 3 min read
The submission was made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta before a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale while opposing a plea challenging his detention."I am saying that he (Wangchuk) has been given a fair treatment," the SG added.However, he also contended that because of the nature of the power under NSA, a certain leeway is given to the statutory authority.
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February 2, 2026, 07:31 PM - 4 min read
Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta today submitted that Wancghuk had made inflammatory speeches and mentioned Mahatma Gandhi's name only as a facade."There are instances where inflammatory speeches are made but they are covered. Beginning and end is always Gandhiji.
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January 31, 2026, 03:15 PM - 3 min read
Wangchuk is lodged in jail under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) for allegedly inciting violence in Leh during a sit-in protest last year. He has spent more than 100 days in prison since his arrest.
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December 7, 2025, 04:27 PM - 2 min read
Gitanjali J Angmo has termed his detention illegal and arbitrary exercise that violates his fundamental rights.
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November 24, 2025, 06:00 PM - 3 min read
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to December 8 the hearing on a plea filed by the wife of jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, terming his detention under National Security Act . His detention has been termed as “illegal, and an arbitrary exercise violating his fundamental rights”, in the plea filed by his wife Gitanjali Wangchuk.
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October 15, 2025, 02:41 PM - 2 min read
A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria deferred the plea after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Wangchuk’s wife, said she wanted to amend her appeal.
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October 14, 2025, 06:01 PM - 3 min read
Senior advocate representing Wangchuk told the apex court that the grounds of detention had not been provided to the family and should be served to her. Sibal added that the plea challenges the detention as an illegal procedure under Article 22, as no grounds for arrest had been supplied.
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