SC allows Wangchuk's wife to amend petition, challenge detention grounds
New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali Angmo, to amend her petition after she expressed her intention to challenge the grounds of detention cited by the Ladakh administration to justify her husband's arrest under the National Security Act (NSA) last month.
A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria permitted Angmo's counsel, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, to amend her plea so that it could address the government's explanation for the detention. The case will now be heard on October 29.
"I will amend it so that the matter can continue here," Sibal told the bench, referring to the affidavit filed by the district magistrate (DM) of Leh, who claimed that Wangchuk's detention wa...
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