Sonam Wangchuk To Remain In Government Hospital

Activist Sonam Wangchuk will remain in the government-run Safdarjung hospital as the Delhi High Court refused an interim relief on a request by his wife to shift him to a private facility.

Wangchuk had been hospitalised by the police yesterday after three weeks of hunger strike in a hot and humid Delhi over the alleged NEET paper leak and reforms in the education system.

This was not an arbitrary action, a bench led by Justice Mini Pushkarna ruled this afternoon, noting that the government was well within its rights to shift him since he did not admit himself to hospital despite his failing health.

“No interim orders are required to be passed at this stage,” she stated.(UPDATED ON 19TH jULY 2026)