Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk ’s wife, Dr. Gitanjali J. Angmo , has moved a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court against the preventive detention of her husband under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980, following violent protests on September 24 in Leh.

Ms. Angmo has asked the apex court to direct the authorities to come clear about the whereabouts of Mr. Wangchuk and order his immediate release from detention. She submitted that it has been a week since Mr. Wangchuk was reported to be detained at Jodhpur in Rajasthan on September 26. She said there was no information about the grounds of his detention or about the state of his health.

Section 3 of the NSA empowers the appropriate government to issue a detention order for preventive detention if the activities of an i

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