New Delhi, March 20 -- The Supreme Court on Friday verbally remarked that certain entities on social media who act as blackmailers in the garb of being media persons are no less than fraudulent persons who commit "digital arrest".

The remark came when the Solicitor General of India (SGI) Tushar Mehta stated before a bench led by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant that certain persons on social media who run tabloids and other platforms act as blackmailers.

The bench agreed with SG Mehta and expressed that it's an alternative form of committing "digital arrest".

"It is another format of something like digital arrest. Unfortunately, still not being treated as a crime", the CJI remarked.

The Court was hearing a public interest l...