However, a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria refused to pass any order on providing grounds of detention to Wangchuk's wife and posted the matter for hearing on October 14
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The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre and Union Territory of Ladakh on a plea filed by Sonam Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali J Angmo challenging the climate activist's detention under the National Security Act, and seeking his immediate release.
However, a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria refused to pass any order on providing grounds of detention to Wangchuk's wife and posted the matter for hearing on October 14.
Wangchuk was detained under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) on September 26, two days after protests demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh left four people dead and 90 injured in the Union territory.
Wangchuk is lodged in Jodhpur jail in Rajasthan.
Meanwhile, jailed activist Sonam Wangchuk has appealed to the people of Ladakh to maintain peace and unity and continue with the ongoing struggle for statehood and safeguards under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution in the true Gandhian way of non-violence, his lawyer said on Sunday.
Wangchuk conveyed the message through the legal advisor of Leh Apex Body, Haji Mustafa, who along with the activist's elder brother Ka Tsetan Dorjey Ley, met him at Jodhpur jail in Rajasthan on Saturday.
Wangchuk said that unless there is an independent judicial inquiry into the killing of the four people during the September 24 violence, "I am prepared to stay in jail".
He was detained on September 26 in Leh under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), two days after violent protests demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh left four people dead and scores of others injured in the Union Territory. Authorities have accused Wangchuk of inciting the violence.
Mustafa posted Wangchuk's "message" on his personal social media accounts, including X and Facebook, on Sunday after meeting the activist.
"I am doing well, both physically and mentally and thank everyone for their concern and prayers. My heartfelt condolences to the families of those people who lost their lives and my prayers with people who are injured and are arrested," Wangchuk said.
He said there should be an independent judicial inquiry into the killing of the four people. Unless that is done, "I am prepared to stay in jail".
"I stand firmly with Apex Body and the KDA and the people of Ladakh in our genuine constitutional demand for Sixth Schedule and statehood and whatever actions Apex Body takes in the interest of Ladakh, I am with them, wholeheartedly. I appeal (to) people to keep peace and unity and continue our struggle peacefully - in the true Gandhian way of non-violence," Wangchuk said.
The Ladakh administration had ordered a magisterial probe into the violence, but Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) and Leh Apex Body (LAB), who are spearheading the agitation, have decided to stay away from talks with the Centre scheduled for October 6 till a judicial inquiry is ordered and all those detained, including Wangchuk, are released.
(With inputs from PTI)
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