The Supreme Court today referred to a five-judge constitution bench questions like whether a public functionary or a minister can claim freedom of speech while airing views in a sensitive matter which is under investigation.<br/>A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said, the questions raised by senior advocates Harish Salve and Fali S Nariman were required to be dealt by a larger bench. The court's observations came in the backdrop of controversial comments by former Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan in Bulandshahr rape case.<br/><br/> The court was hearing a plea filed by a man whose wife and daughter were allegedly gangraped in July last year on a highway near Bulandshahr. The petitioner is seeking transfer of the case to Delhi and lodging of an FIR against former Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan for his controversial statement that the gangrape case was a political conspiracy. <br/><br/>The apex court also expressed concern over the misuse of social media platforms and said that people disseminated wrong information even about the court proceedings.<br/>The apex court had earlier said it would consider whether the fundamental right of speech and expression would be governed under reasonable restriction of decency or morality or whether other preferred fundamental rights would also have an impact on it.