Delhi HC rejects plea against ban on Army personnel using social media

Bench says it does not appreciate the pleadings of the petitioner, who is a senior officer in the army

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by an Army officer challenging the decision to bar security forces from using social media platforms, saying "courts would be loath to interfere" in government decision about the country's defence.

A division bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Justice Asha Menon dismissed Lieutenant Colonel PK Choudhary's petition after hearing the matter through in-camera proceedings on the request of the Central government counsel, who stressed for the same citing sensitive issues cannot be disclosed to the public.

"We may also notice that warfare and inter-country rivalries and animosities today are not confined