MUMBAI: The arrest of two girls over Facebook posts following Bal Thackeray‘s death raised a hue and cry. Now the Supreme Court has asked the government to explain why the girls were arrested.

The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Union government and Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi and Puducherry.
An aspiring Delhi University law student Shreya Singhal filed a PIL before SC stating that Section 66(A) of the IT Act be modified.

The court has asked Maharashtra to explain the arrest of the girls over Facebook comments on Bal Thackeray.

The Attorney General, in his response to the petition, told the apex court that the arrest of the girls was unjustified. The Attorney General said the arrests were wrong, but Section 66(A) of the IT Act need not be scrapped.