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Jharkhand High Court while hearing a suo moto petition ordered that the 'WhatsApp' should be impleaded in the case of 2021 hit and run case, wherein Jharkhand Judge Uttam Anand had been killed.

Kerala High Court observes that the person administering a group on Whatsapp cannot be held responsible for objectionable content posted by another member on the group

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The Delhi High Court has directed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to issue a clarification on its website to make it clear to investors that easemytrip.com is not liable for any action, in a plea filed by easemytrip.com seeking directions, to frame a comprehensive policy, to stem the flow of false information on stocks in social media.

Delhi High Court division bench was hearing an appeal preferred by the social media platforms challenging the order passed by the Single Judge wherein the Single Judge refused to interfere with the ’s probe for investigation against the platform’s new privacy policy.

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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant relief to Swami Om's associate Mukesh Jain from filing cost of Rs five lakh imposed on him over a Public Interest Litigation filed by him, challenging the appointment of Justice Dipak Misra as the Chief Justice of India.

As in the case of the new IT rules—aimed at controlling social media majors Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, as well as digital news portals like The Wire, Scroll and The Quint—the objective behind the draft e-commerce rules is shadowing.

With social media giant WhatsApp legally challenging the new IT rules, which mandates message tracing, the stage is set for an unseemly battle which could affect its huge base of subscribers.