SC to hear plea against Sonam Wangchuk's "illegal" NSA detention Monday

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News18•07-12-2025, 13:30
SC to hear plea against Sonam Wangchuk's "illegal" NSA detention Monday
- •SC to hear wife's plea challenging Sonam Wangchuk's detention under the National Security Act (NSA) on Monday.
- •Gitanjali J Angmo, Wangchuk's wife, filed the plea, terming his detention "illegal" and an "arbitrary exercise violating his fundamental rights."
- •The plea argues the detention order is based on "stale FIRs, vague imputations, and speculative assertions" lacking legal justification.
- •Wangchuk was detained under the NSA on September 26, following violent protests in Leh, with the government accusing him of inciting the unrest.
Why It Matters: This case questions arbitrary detention under NSA, affecting civil liberties.
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