New Delhi: The Center on Thursday told the Supreme Court that normalcy has returned to the Union Territory of Ladakh following the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and the decision to detain her has proved right and appropriate. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) KM Nataraj told a bench of Justices Arvind Kumar and PB Varale that the agitation and violence in Ladakh has come under control after Wangchuk’s detention as he was the chief instigator in September last year.

Which led to violence in which four people were killed. After his detention, the agitation and violence came under control, hence proving that the detention order was an ideal order, which was appropriate in the situation.

” Concluding his remarks, the ASG said that all procedural requirements were meticulously followed during Wangchuk’s detention. He said, “Once the statutory requirements are complied with, there is no question of sitting on the subjective satisfaction of the detaining authority.

Such order may be passed on suspicion or reasonable possibility. ” The hearing will resume on February 16 when senior lawyer Kapil Sibal will argue the case on behalf of Wangchuk.