Bombay High Court seeks to know action taken by other democracies over offensive tweets

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought to know what democracies across the world did about offensive tweets or posts on social media.

A bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik was hearing the final arguments on a plea filed by Mumbai resident Sunaina Holey, who has been booked by the Azad Maidan police for allegedly posting offensive tweets against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aditya.