SC looks at social media bar as bail condition

The Supreme Court on Friday decided to lay down a law on whether courts can ask a person to stop using his or her social media accounts as a condition for grant of bail in cases where the person is alleged to have incited people through tweets or posts.

A bench of Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and Justices R. Subhash Reddy and A.S. Bopanna issued notice to the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government on a petition filed by Congress leader Sachin Choudhary challenging an Allahabad High Court order that granted him bail on the condition that he would not post anything on social media till the trial is over.