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Sonam Wangchuk Supreme Court Hearing: The Ladakh administration on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that due process was followed while framing social activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA). The Leh district magistrate, in his affidavit, asserted that the detention order was issued after ensuring that Wangchuk's activities were prejudicial to the security of the state. The affidavit was filed in the apex court in response to Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali Angmo’s, petition challenging the activist's detention under the NSA. Sonam Wangchuk was detained following a violent protest in Leh allegedly for provoking the youth by using provoking speeches.

The officer told the top court that Wangchuk has been involved in the activities which could have disturbed the peace in the society, adding that he was satisfied by his detention. “The order of detention came to be passed by me after duly considering the material placed before me, as mandated under law, and after arriving at a subjective satisfaction on the circumstances that prevailed within the local limits of the jurisdiction where…” the officer said in the affidavit.

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“Wangchuk had been indulging in activities prejudicial to the security of the State, Maintenance of Public Order and Services essential to the community, as mentioned in the grounds of detention. I was satisfied and continue to be satisfied with the detention of the detainee,” he added. The hearing on the matter will take place on Wednesday, as the advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Wangchuk, was busy in another court on Tuesday.

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The officer also emphasised that both Wangchuk and his wife were informed about the detention under the NSA and his transfer to Jodhpur Central Jail. "All pleadings as regards the Detenue or the Petitioner not being informed of the Order of detention under the National Security Act, 1980, are completely false and misleading,” the officer stated.