No objection to Sonam Wangchuk sharing notes against detention with wife: Centre

The Union government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it had no objection to activist Sonam Wangchuk sharing the notes he had prepared while in jail to challenge his detention with his wife, Gitanjali Angmo, reported Live Law.

It also said that the grounds for Wangchuk’s detention had been supplied to Angmo.

Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Angmo, then sought the Supreme Court’s permission to amend her petition challenging Wangchuk’s arrest to include the grounds for detention, reported Bar and Bench.

A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria took note of the submission and adjourned the matter till October 29.

Wangchuk was arrested in Leh on September 26, two days after four persons were killed in police firing during protests seeking statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. He was later taken to the jail in Jodhpur.

On September 24, demonstrators had clashed with and threw stones at the police, and set fire to the Bharatiya Janata Party office and a police vehicle.

The Union government has claimed that the violence was incited by Wangchuk’s “provocative statements”.

On October 2, Angmo had filed the habeas corpus plea seeking Wangchuk’s immediate release. A habeas corpus is a petition through which a court can order the authorities to produce a person before it to verify if they have been lawfully detained.

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