1.1.Social networking websites are a form of association.

At the most basic level, linguistically, networks and associations are close syn-onyms. hey both depend on links and relationships. If there is a tool for lots and lots of networking, then it also is a tool for how we do lots and lots of associa-tions. In this respect, social networking websites are simply the latest and strongest associational tools for online group activity, building on email and the Web itself.1 Article 19(1)(c) guarantees to the citizen of India to form associations or unions. Under art.19(4), reasonable restriction in the interest of public order or morality or sovereignty and intergrity of India may be imposed on this right by the law. The right to form association is the very lifeblood of democracy. The right to form association is an inalieanable right in its nature as the right of personal liberty.2 It is the right of the individual to pick his own associates, so as to express his preference and dislikes, and to fashion his private life by joining such groups as he chooses. Individual freedom is of little worth if it does not include the right to associate together for common purpose not prohibited by law. Article 20 of UDHR, provides for every individual has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. 1.2.The restriction imposed are not valid as it does not qualify the double test. In State of Madras v. V.G.Row3, the Supreme Court observed that, it is important in this context that the test of reasonableness, wherever prescribed, should be applied to each individual statute impugned, and no abstract standard or general pattern, of reasonableness can be laid down as applicable to all cases. Therefore, there is a double test to adjudge the validity of a restriction: (a) whether it is reasonable (b) whether it is for the purpose mentioned in the clause under which the restriction is being imposed.
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Retrieved from http://www.peterswire.net/ftc%20feb%202011.pdf on 23-1-2012 De Tocqueville: Democracy in America, Vol.1, p.442 3 State of Madras v. V.G. Row, AIR 1952 SC 196