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NEW DELHI, Jan 13: Jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J Angmo, through Senior advocate Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Court that the detaining authority had not applied his mind and relied on irrelevant material while detaining her husband.
She added that the court that four videos relied upon by the detaining authority have not been furnished to Wangchuk, which is a violation of his right to effective representation.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal told a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B Varale that not supplying the videos violated Wangchuk’s right to effective representation before the Advisory Board as well as the Government.
Sibal further argued that the District Magistrate did not apply his mind while recommending Wangchuk’s detention and only “copy-pasted” the recommendations made by the Senior Superintendent of Police, Ladakh & grounds of detention are simply a copy-paste of the recommendation.
Kapil further added that the material relied upon should have a proximate link to the detention order. Irrelevant things were relied upon for detention.
However after arguments in length, the hearing in the matter remained inconclusive and will continue on January 13, Today.
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