Overview
- The Centre told the court Wangchuk is medically fit after repeated jail checkups and an AIIMS Jodhpur examination, opposing any release on health grounds.
- Government counsel argued Wangchuk was the “chief provocateur” of the Leh unrest and said the situation came under control after his preventive detention.
- The bench said officials appeared to be reading too much into his speeches and pressed for a clear nexus between his words and the September 24 violence.
- The court retained the detention records, asked for links or copies of the videos cited as evidence, and inquired whether four disputed clips were ever supplied to Wangchuk.
- Wangchuk has been held under the National Security Act since September 26, 2025 in Jodhpur Central Jail, with his wife’s habeas corpus plea challenging the legality of the detention set to continue on February 16.