India, Feb. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the grounds for detaining Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA), saying that the Central Government was reading "too much" into his statements. A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale made the observation while hearing the plea moved by Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali J Angmo, against his preventive detention.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta objected release of Wangchuk, responding to the apex court's direction on the previous hearing to consider his health status.

Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj submitted that Wangchuk had warned that a violent agitation, akin to what occurred in Nepal, could take place in Ladakh and that youth were exp...