New Delhi
The Supreme Court today stayed a one-month jail term awarded to an advocate by the Punjab and Haryana High Court for allegedly writing a post on Facebook critical of an order.

A Bench of Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan stayed the order sentencing Maneesh Vashistha to month-long simple imprisonment for his Facebook post and sought a response from the HC Registrar General.

Senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for Vashistha, said this was an unverified post which was later erased. “Experts have an opinion that this post can be doctored. The HC is wrong in holding him guilty of contempt of court,” he said.