India, May 8 -- The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response to a plea filed by the Aam Aadmi Party challenging the suspension of its Gujarat unit's Instagram and Facebook accounts.

A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe issued notice to the Union government and tagged the matter with pending petitions involving similar issues related to blocking of online content and social media accounts.

The case was linked with the petition titled Software Freedom Law Center, India vs Union of India, which challenges the blocking of social media accounts and posts without prior notice to users.

Senior advocate Shadan Farasat, appearing for AAP, argued before the court that Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Tec...