Chandigarh, April 8 -- A digital journalist from Punjab has approached the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking restoration of his Facebook page, which was allegedly removed at the behest of the government of India and its agencies.

The petition from journalist Maninderjeet Singh was taken up by the bench of justice Jagmohan Bansal, which posted the matter for hearing on May 7, asking the lawyers for various respondents-the Centre and Punjab-to seek "instructions" on the issue raised by him.

According to the plea filed through lawyer Nikhil Ghai, Singh's Facebook page "Maninderjeet Sidhu" was arbitrarily removed by Facebook in March without providing grounds or reasons for the removal.

The official Facebook page of "Maninderjeet Sidhu...