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The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking directions to the Centre to ban the operation and use of WhatsApp if it failed to comply with orders of the Indian authorities under the Information Technology Rules (IT Rules)...
A Bench, led by Justice MM Sundresh, said it was not inclined to entertain the petition, which alleged that WhatsApp was violating the fundamental right to privacy of citizens guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution and posed a potential threat to national security...
Petitioner Omanakuttan KG, a software engineer from Kerala, contended that the messaging platform had refused to comply with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021...
The Centre had banned many websites and mobile apps for acting against the interest of the country, the petitioner said.. Omanakuttan had earlier moved the Kerala High Court, which in June 2021 had dismissed his PIL terming it premature...
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