In 2012, two women were arrested by Mumbai police based upon the allegations that they have posted offensive remarks on Facebook over the shut down in Mumbai after the death of Bal Thackery, the founder of Shiv Sena. Both were booked under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as IT Act, 2000). Though later they were released. This instance was heavily criticized and a batch of the writ petition was filed under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution challenging the constitutionality of Section 66A of the IT Act, 2000.
