India, July 19 -- The Delhi High Court, in a special sitting on Sunday, declined to immediately permit activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife to shift him from Safdarjung Hospital to a private medical facility, observing that the government's decision to admit had been taken in view of his medical condition and could not be termed "arbitrary."

A bench of justice Mini Pushkarna observed that Wangchuk had not voluntarily admitted himself to any hospital, and the government was therefore within its authority to intervene in view of his medical condition.

The court said that the doctors were closely monitoring the activist's health, administering medication only with his consent and it could thus not be said that any force was being used against hi...