New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a directive by the Uttar Pradesh Police seeking digital footprints from June onwards of a journalist, who exposed the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation theft, while investigating an alleged road rage case against him registered on August 18. Terming the order issued by the Ghaziabad police to 'X' on August 22 as an "overkill", the court noted from the response filed by Ghaziabad Commissioner of Police that information was sought from 'X' to know the whereabouts of journalist A Upadhyay who remained untraced following FIR. Questioning how past social media activity is relevant for investigating a road rage case, the bench of CJI Surya Kant and justice J Bagchi said, "You were asking the service provider for data from June 1, 2026 till August 22 for a road rage that took place on August 18.that appears to be an overkill." The bench held, "The notice of August 22 issued by the local police to the nodal officer of 'X' is quashed. No confidential personal information of the petitioner can be taken which is prior to August 22."...