Petitioner says Sonam Wangchuk doing ‘Harakiri’, Delhi High Court agrees to hear case

The petition filed by advocate Rakesh Kumar Saini seeks necessary aid to Wangchuk to improve his deteriorating health and ‘life-threatening’ health conditions. The plea also seeks directions to force-feed him through vital liquid diets, proteins, vitamins and essential for human life.

The plea states that holding a peaceful protest at a public place is a fundamental, democratic right of the citizen, and that creating an impediment in holding such an activity would amount to a threat to the democratic values of our country. The plea further points out that such incidents have taken place in the past, and measures were taken to save the life of the protester. It states that in such situations, the government has rather been lauded for taking such wise steps in the discharge of its constitutional and public duty rather than being condemned or criticised.

Hunger strike: Wangchuk and the Abhijeet Dipke’s CJP is protesting and demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the leak of NEET-UG questions. They have also sought Rs 1 crore compensation for the families of students who allegedly died by suicide after leaked examination papers. They have also announced a peaceful march to Parliament on July 20, which is the first day of the Monsoon Session.