Sonam Wangchuk’s hearing LIVE: Supreme Court to hear plea by Wangchuk’s wife that his detention is mala fide

Sonam Wangchuk, who is spearheading a wide agitation demanding Statehood and Sixth Schedule presumption for the Union Territory of Ladakh, was detained nether the provisions of the National Security Act (NSA) connected Friday (September 26, 2025), 2 days aft constabulary enactment against convulsive protests successful Leh near 4 civilians dead. Internet services successful Leh were suspended aft his detention. 

After his detention, the Leh Apex Body (LAB) stressed that Mr. Wangchuk had not played immoderate relation successful the unit successful Leh connected Wednesday (September 24, 2025). The LAB plans to nonstop a delegation to Delhi connected September 29, 2025 successful a bid to resume talks connected Statehood demands with the Union government.

Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J. Angmo, connected Wednesday (October 1, 2025) reached retired to President Droupadi Murmu to question her involution for the merchandise of the clime activist, who has been lodged successful Jodhpur jailhouse successful Rajasthan since being taken into custody pursuing the September 24 convulsive clashes successful Ladakh. 

In a three-page missive addressed to the president, Mr. Wangchuk’s woman alleged “witchhunt” against her hubby for espousing the origin of the radical implicit the past 4 years and said she is wholly unaware astir her husband’s condition.

Opposition parties crossed the state connected Saturday (September 27, 2025) stepped up their disapproval of the Union government’s handling of the ongoing situation successful Ladakh and the detention of clime activistic Sonam Wangchuk nether provisions of the National Security Act. 

While Congress leaders called the government’s handling of the concern “pathetic” and demanded a judicial enquiry into the deaths of protesters connected September 24, leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and the Aam Aadmi Party called Mr. Wangchuk a “patriot”, and sought his release.

Detained engineer-turned-activist Sonam Wangchuk has appealed for an autarkic judicial enquiry into the sidesplitting of 4 civilians successful the September 24 protests, according to a missive released from the Jodhpur jailhouse connected Sunday (October 5, 2025). 

“My heartfelt condolences to the families of those radical who mislaid their lives and my prayers with radical who are injured and are arrested. There should beryllium an autarkic judicial Inquiry into the sidesplitting of our 4 radical and, unless that is done, I americium prepared to enactment successful jail,” Mr. Wangchuk said, successful the purported missive from the jail.

The Supreme Court volition beryllium proceeding a habeas corpus petition filed by clime activistic Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Dr. Gitanjali J. Angmo, against the preventive detention of her hubby nether the National Security Act (NSA), 1980, pursuing convulsive protests connected September 24 successful Leh. 

A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria would perceive the plea connected the time of reopening of the apical tribunal aft the week-long Dussehra vacation.