In Vinod Kumar vs IPAB ,Delhi High Court, held that person’s Facebook posts cannot be used to determine his location at any particular time.

“Even otherwise, in my considered opinion, before taking an adverse view against the Counsel on the basis of a Facebook post, and referring the matter to the Bar Council of India, the learned IPAB ought, at the very least, to have given an opportunity to the Counsel to explain the circumstances. Postings on Facebook cannot be treated as determinative of the location of a person at a particular point of time, at least by a Court,” the Court said.

The Court then ordered a new hearing and revoked the challenged order’s refusal to grant an adjournment.