While the matter was being heard earlier, the bench had remarked, "If Facebook is so dear to you, then put in your papers. The court had also said that he has to take a call and asked the army officer to delete his FB account as the policy to ban the use of social networking platforms for army personnel was initiated keeping in view the security concerns of the country. Choudhary contended that once he deletes all the data, he would lose all his contacts which are there on the social media platforms. This greatly eased the stress suffered by them on a daily basis due to the harsh conditions of service," the plea said. The plea also states the DGMI has cited security concerns and the risks of a data breach as the basis of imposing the restrictions contained in the Policy regarding usage of social media platforms.

Source: dna August 05, 2020 08:03 UTC