Sonam Wangchuk's detention defended by Centre.

The Centre on Monday defended the preventive detention of Ladakh-based social activist Sonam Wangchuk before the Supreme Court, arguing that his public speeches amounted to incitement, separatist messaging and a threat to national security, particularly in a strategically sensitive border region.

A Bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Prasanna Varale was hearing a petition filed by Wangchuk’s wife, Geetanjali, challenging his detention.