# Supreme Court orders Meta to restore AAP Gujarat social media accounts 2026-08-17T10:11:08+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Supreme Court on Monday directed Meta to restore the Instagram and Facebook accounts of the Aam Aadmi Party's Gujarat wing. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe passed the order on an interim application filed by AAP, which said the accounts were blocked on April 24, a day before local body elections in the state. The court allowed the restoration subject to removal of any objectionable posts, and posted the main matter for hearing after two weeks. Barandbench reports that AAP argued the blocking direction was never supplied to the party and that the accounts were blocked without notice, hearing or a reasoned order. The party contended that blocking an entire political party's social media presence instead of restricting specific content was a disproportionate restriction on political speech. The Federal adds that AAP questioned the legal basis for the suspension, arguing that Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act is a safe harbour provision for intermediaries and not a source of power for authorities to order blocking of information. ## Coverage - barandbench.com - thefederal.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T16:56:34+00:00. Tags: AAP, Meta, Shadan Farasat, Supreme Court Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-orders-meta-to-restore-aap-gujarat-accounts/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-orders-meta-to-restore-aap-gujarat-accounts/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/