CJI refuses to accept Whatsapp message as PIL; agrees to hear content as petition
8 years, 10 months ago

CJI refuses to accept Whatsapp message as PIL; agrees to hear content as petition

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In a first of its kind development, a noted Indian lawyer and motivational speaker Ashok Arora, now settled in USA sent a 10-minute video message through Whatsapp to Chief Justice of India T S Thakur on “how to ensure over all development of the country and its citizens” and urged him to accept it as a Public Interest Litigation.Indian judiciary is yet to admit Whatsapp messages or. In a first of its kind development, a noted Indian lawyer and motivational speaker Ashok Arora, now settled in USA sent a 10-minute video message through Whatsapp to Chief Justice of India T S Thakur on “how to ensure over all development of the country and its citizens” and urged him to accept it as a Public Interest Litigation. Indian judiciary is yet to admit Whatsapp messages or SMSs as petition even though it has converted several letters and post cards received by the judges as public interest litigations in the past. "99.9% citizens including lawyers, judges and parliamentarians do not perform their fundamental duties prescribed under Article 51 A of constitution," Arora said in his petition.

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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Ban WhatsApp
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4 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Ban WhatsApp

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The Supreme Court today dismissed a public interest litigation seeking directions to the Central Government to ban the operation of WhatsApp for alleged violation of the orders of the legal authorities in the country. Petitioner Omanakuttan KG, a software engineer, had first moved the Kerala High Court seeking a ban on Whatsapp alleging that it did not function in conformity …

SC junks PIL seeking ban on WhatsApp | Here's why petitioner wants action against messaging app
4 months, 2 weeks ago

SC junks PIL seeking ban on WhatsApp | Here's why petitioner wants action against messaging app

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Thursday junked a PIL seeking directions to the Centre to ban the operation and use of WhatsApp. The PIL demands action against the social media platform, saying action must be taken against the messaging app if it does not comply with the orders of the authorities in the country. WhatsApp was violating the fundamental rights of …

WhatsApp tells Delhi High Court it will 'exit India' if forced to break encryption
11 months ago

WhatsApp tells Delhi High Court it will 'exit India' if forced to break encryption

India TV News  

New Delhi: WhatsApp told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that the popular Meta-owned messaging platform will "exit India" if it is forced to break encryption of messages. This came after the High Court listed for hearing on August 14 petitions by WhatsApp LLC and its parent company Facebook Inc, now Meta, challenging the 2021 Information Technology rules for social …

PIL On "Mass Conversions" Filed With No Factual Basis, WhatsApp Forwards Relied Upon : Rationalist Group Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 3 months ago

PIL On "Mass Conversions" Filed With No Factual Basis, WhatsApp Forwards Relied Upon : Rationalist Group Tells Supreme Court

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The Kerala Yuktivadi Sangham, which is a part of Kerala Rationalist Movement, a continuation of Sri Narayana Swamy reform movement in Kerala, has filed an intervention application in BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay's PIL relating to religious conversions.In the application, the organisation stated that it is deeply concerned about fraternity and brotherhood of all people. The Kerala Yuktivadi Sangham, …

WhatsApp moves Delhi High Court against India’s new IT Rules
3 years, 10 months ago

WhatsApp moves Delhi High Court against India’s new IT Rules

The Hindu  

WhatsApp has moved the Delhi High Court against India’s new and stricter IT Rules that require instant messaging platforms to aid in identifying the ‘originator’ of messages. “Requiring messaging apps to ‘trace’ chats is the equivalent of asking us to keep a fingerprint of every single message sent on WhatsApp, which would break end-to-end encryption and fundamentally undermines people’s right …

WhatsApp challenges new intermediary rules by Centre, moves Delhi HC
3 years, 10 months ago

WhatsApp challenges new intermediary rules by Centre, moves Delhi HC

India Today  

WhatsApp has filed a legal complaint in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel the California-based Facebook unit to break privacy protections, sources said. The lawsuit, described to Reuters by people familiar with it, asks the Delhi High Court to declare that one of the new rules is …

New PIL Challenging WhatsApp Updated Privacy Policy: Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response
3 years, 10 months ago

New PIL Challenging WhatsApp Updated Privacy Policy: Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response

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The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the Centre and social media platforms, Facebook and WhatsApp seeking their responses on a PIL challenging the new privacy policy of WhatsApp. A direction to WhatsApp to collect and use only that much of the information and data of its users which is necessary for the purpose of which the said information …

West Bengal Civil Court Issues Notice To WhatsApp On Plea Against New Privacy Policy
4 years, 1 month ago

West Bengal Civil Court Issues Notice To WhatsApp On Plea Against New Privacy Policy

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A civil court in West Bengal has issued notice to WhatsApp Inc on a plea seeking temporary injunction to restrain the messenger platform from implementing its new privacy policy in India.The Court of Civil Judge, 1st Court, Contai, Purba Medinipur District, issued notice to WhatsApp on February 2 directing it to "show cause as to why the plaintiff's prayer for …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On New Plea Against WhatsApp's Privacy Policy Update
4 years, 1 month ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On New Plea Against WhatsApp's Privacy Policy Update

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WhatsApp's notification of its new privacy policy, which was made mandatory for Indian users and optional for users from the EU, has triggered a host of petitions across the country challenging its application. The Delhi High Court today issued notice on one such plea filed before the bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh, and sought responses …

Delhi HC objects to WhatsApp asking judge not to hear PIL
4 years, 2 months ago

Delhi HC objects to WhatsApp asking judge not to hear PIL

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Friday took strong objection to an e-mail sent by WhatsApp to a judge, asking asked her not to hear a plea challenging its new privacy policy. Justice Pratibha M Singh said the e-mail, which was later withdrawn, was completely unwarranted because she was anyway going to recuse herself from hearing the case filed by lawyer …

Justice Prathiba Singh Recuses From Hearing Plea Against WhatsApp's New Privacy Policy
4 years, 2 months ago

Justice Prathiba Singh Recuses From Hearing Plea Against WhatsApp's New Privacy Policy

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The Single Judge bench of Justice Prathiba Singh today refused herself from hearing a petition challenging WhatsApp's new privacy policy, taking strong objection to an email which was sent to the court master in this regard. Thus, he has urged the High Court to issue an injunction order, restraining Whatsapp from enforcing the updated privacy policy, with immediate effect. The …

Supreme Court issues notice to WhatsApp
6 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court issues notice to WhatsApp

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of WhatsApp and the government on a plea alleging that the social media giant has not complied with the provision of appointing a grievance officer and other laws of India. Last week, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad urged WhatsApp chief executive officer Chris Daniels to devise ways to trace the …

SC Refers WhatsApp Privacy Policy Case To Constitution Bench [Read Petition]
7 years, 11 months ago

SC Refers WhatsApp Privacy Policy Case To Constitution Bench [Read Petition]

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The Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar's on Wednesday said a Constitution Bench will be constituted for hearing of protection of Privacy issue in WhatsApp.Referring the plea against the Delhi High Court's August last year order to a Constitution Bench, CJI fixed April 18 for hearing.Facebook and the social site's counsel senior Advocates Kapil …

SC Refers WhatsApp Privacy Policy Case To Constitution Bench [Read Petition]
7 years, 11 months ago

SC Refers WhatsApp Privacy Policy Case To Constitution Bench [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar's on Wednesday said a Constitution Bench will be constituted for hearing of protection of Privacy issue in WhatsApp.Referring the plea against the Delhi High Court's August last year order to a Constitution Bench, CJI fixed April 18 for hearing.Facebook and the social site's counsel senior Advocates Kapil …

SC asks PIL petitioner against Whatsapp to approach Govt.
8 years, 8 months ago

SC asks PIL petitioner against Whatsapp to approach Govt.

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Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking a ban on instant messaging application Whatsapp and asked petitioner and RTI activist Sudhir Yadav to approach the Department of Telecom, Information Technology ministry or TDSAT with his grievances. If they dont hear you then come here" CJI T. Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking a ban on …

SC asks PIL petitioner against Whatsapp to approach Govt.
8 years, 8 months ago

SC asks PIL petitioner against Whatsapp to approach Govt.

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Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking a ban on instant messaging application Whatsapp and asked petitioner and RTI activist Sudhir Yadav to approach the Department of Telecom, Information Technology ministry or TDSAT with his grievances. If they dont hear you then come here" CJI T. Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking a ban on …

Supreme Court to hear plea on banning WhatsApp for security reasons
8 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court to hear plea on banning WhatsApp for security reasons

India TV News  

New Delhi: Popular messaging app WhatsApp can soon be banned in India due to security issues. It was filed by Sudhir Yadav, a Haryana-based right-to-information activist, the petition also said that WhatsApp has from April started to enable its every message with 256-bit encryption that cannot be broken into. Seeking a ban on WhatsApp in India, Yadav said any terrorist …

CJI refuses to accept Whatsapp message as PIL; agrees to hear content as petition
8 years, 10 months ago

CJI refuses to accept Whatsapp message as PIL; agrees to hear content as petition

Live Law  

In a first of its kind development, a noted Indian lawyer and motivational speaker Ashok Arora, now settled in USA sent a 10-minute video message through Whatsapp to Chief Justice of India T S Thakur on “how to ensure over all development of the country and its citizens” and urged him to accept it as a Public Interest Litigation.Indian judiciary …

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