Supreme Court refuses to ban WhatsApp

New Delhi: The Court has refused to ban WhatsApp and asked the petitioner to approach the government or the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal for relief.

A Bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice A. Kanwilkar dismissed the petition granting liberty to approach TDSAT. The PIL was filed by Haryana’s RTI activist Sudhir  Yadav who said messaging apps were helping terrorists and criminal elements by encrypting messages.