T he Supreme Court will be hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Dr. Gitanjali J. Angmo, against the preventive detention of her husband under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980, following violent protests on September 24 in Leh.

A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria would hear the plea on the day of reopening of the top court after the week-long Dussehra vacation.

Ms. Angmo has asked the apex court to direct the authorities to produce Mr. Wangchuk in court. She submitted that it has been a week since Mr. Wangchuk was reported to have been 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. She sought his immediate release. Fol

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