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The Supreme Court connected Thursday (February 12, 2026) asked the Centre if clime activistic Sonam Wangchuk was capable to see, connected his part, 4 videos the authorities are citing, among different clips, to warrant his detention nether the National Security Act (NSA).
Appearing earlier a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P.B. Varale, Additional Solicitor General K.M. Nataraj said the authorities banked connected 23 videos to bid detention, and everything was supplied to Mr. Wangchuk.
However, the activist’s lawyers maintained 4 videos were not successful the pen thrust fixed to Mr. Wangchuk and that helium has repeatedly sought the videos from the authorities.
During the hearing, Mr. Nataraj submitted that the detention had prevented the unit from escalating successful a delicate borderline area.
On February 11, the tribunal had pointed to phrases successful statements made by Mr. Wangchuk expressing his anxiousness astir departing from the Gandhian, non-violent mode of struggle. The Centre had powerfully objected to the tribunal associating Mr. Wangchuk, whom the authorities counsel described arsenic a idiosyncratic “completely anti-India”, with Mahatma Gandhi.
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Mr. Nataraj had disagreed with the court’s earlier connection to relook the detention bid connected aesculapian grounds. Mr. Mehta said Mr. Wangchuk’s “health facade was manufactured and synthetic”.
The activistic has been detained successful Jodhpur Central Jail for astir 5 months since September 26 past year, 2 days aft convulsive protests demanding Statehood and Sixth Schedule presumption for Ladakh near 4 radical dormant and respective injured successful the Union Territory.
