Delhi HC refuses Wangchuk’s wife Angmo’s immediate request to shift him out of govt hospital, seeks status report
New Delhi beuro: 19 July 2026
The Delhi high court on Sunday said activist Sonam Wangchuk need not be shifted out of a government hospital at this time, after his wife Gitanjali J Angmo filed a plea seeking permission to immediately shift him from Safdarjung Hospital to a private facility instead.
Gitanjali Angmo has alleged that she is not getting the correct info on the health of her husband Sonam Wangchuk, who was on Saturday taken forcibly to Safdarjung Hospital by Delhi Police on the 21st day of his hunger strike.
The court said it had to see “a larger picture”.
“Wangchuk is not in detention, but the wife, brother and brother-in-law have been given access,” Justice Mini Pushkarna noted. In the order, the court said, “Every life is precious,” and noted that family members of Wangchuk have been given a separate room and are able to spend time around him. “Considering this, no interim order is required to be passed at this stage,” the judge said, seeking a status report on his health in three days and setting July 24 as the next date of hearing.
