Jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali J Angmo, told the Supreme Court on Monday that the detaining authority had not not applied his mind and relied on irrelevant material while detaining her husband. The material relied upon should have a proximate link to the detention order. Irrelevant things were relied upon for detention," Sibal said. He pointed out that several documents referred to incidents from March 2024 onwards, while the detention order was passed in September 2025. He contended that the law required a proximate link between the material relied upon and the detention order, which was completely absent.

Source: The Telegraph January 12, 2026 14:23 UTC