New Delhi, July 19 -- Dr Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of climate activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, has moved the Delhi High Court seeking directions for his immediate discharge from Safdarjung Hospital and transfer to a hospital of the family's choice, alleging that his continued stay at the government hospital amounts to "illegal and unconstitutional confinement" under the guise of medical treatment.

In the writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, Angmo has sought a declaration that Wangchuk's continued confinement at Safdarjung Hospital is illegal and violative of his fundamental rights. She has also sought unrestricted access to him for his family, legal counsel and doctors who had been monitoring his health durin...