India, Feb. 22 -- A Hyderabad man says he received a notice from the secretary of his residential society for bringing a "female colleague" to his apartment. The man, a tenant in the apartment, shared a picture of the notice on Reddit, where it has ignited a discussion on laws and fundamental rights.

He said he was dumbfounded by the notice as he and his colleague did not play loud music or disturb their neighbours in any way.

"Invited my female colleague over at my apartment for couple of times in last month for snacks, tea and dinner and got this notice from the secretary of the apartment," the Hyderabad tenant said in his Reddit post. "No disturbance to anyone, no loud music etc. Don't know what to even say."

He attached a picture o...