The Supreme Court will on November 24 hear a plea filed by Sonam Wangchuk’s wife challenging his detention under the National Security Act, alleging the order is arbitrary, based on vague charges, and aimed at silencing his dissent amid Ladakh’s statehood protests.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea filed by Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, which terms the climate activist’s detention under the stringent National Security Act as illegal and an arbitrary exercise that violates his fundamental rights.

The top court had on October 29 sought a response of the Centre and the Ladakh administration on the amended plea of Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J Angmo.

According to the apex court’s cause list for November 24, the plea is scheduled to come up for hearing before a benc

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