Overview
- Additional Solicitor General K.M. Nataraj told the court there was no progress on the Centre’s reconsideration of Wangchuk’s preventive detention.
- The government maintained Wangchuk is in 'perfectly good' health and receiving the best care at AIIMS in Rajasthan, as a medical report from AIIMS was placed before the court.
- The bench noted earlier that medical reports indicated Wangchuk’s health was 'certainly not very good' and reiterated the urgency typical of habeas petitions.
- The petition filed by Dr Gitanjali J. Angmo challenges Wangchuk’s National Security Act detention as illegal, with Wangchuk held since September 26, 2025, in Jodhpur Central Jail.
- The Centre defends the detention as preventive, alleging a September 24 speech provoked Leh protests that left four dead and 161 injured.