Supreme Court to hear plea against FIR over WhatsApp beef messageThe Supreme Court is set to review a petition aimed at overturning an FIR against Buddha Prakash Bouddha. Accused of propagating the messag...
12 Mar, 2026, 05.07 PM IST
Will comply with CCI's order on user data sharing: WhatsApp to Supreme CourtThe apex court issued a notice to WhatsApp and its parent Meta Platforms on a plea for imposing a five-year ban on advertisements on WhatsA...
23 Feb, 2026, 11.19 PM IST
SC issues notice to Meta proposing five-year ad ban on WhatsAppThe Supreme Court of India has issued notice to Meta over a proposed five-year advertising ban on WhatsApp, following a recommendation by t...
23 Feb, 2026, 04.33 PM IST
SC directs ECI to publish names of 12.5 mn voters flagged for ‘logical discrepancies’ in Bengal SIRThe Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission of India to publish the names of 12.5 million individuals flagged for "logical discr...
19 Jan, 2026, 11.41 PM IST
DU: Special committee set up for admission-related issuesChandramani Dev, president of student organisation CYSS, said that the students can send complaints regarding admission related problems th...
23 Sep, 2022, 07.47 PM IST
WhatsApp messages have no evidential value: Supreme Court“What is evidential value of WhatsApp messages these days? Anything can be created and deleted on social media these days. We don’t attach ...
15 Jul, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
WhatsApp can’t start payments business, RBI tells SCNPCI manages UPI, which clocked over a billion transactions last month. The SC had recently asked RBI to update it on WhatsApp’s data local...
08 Nov, 2019, 08.55 AM IST
Governments have always snooped in the name of national securityEarlier in January 2006, then politician Amar Singh had moved the Supreme Court crying foul that his telephones were being snooped upon by ...
04 Nov, 2019, 12.23 PM IST
Congress accuses government of 'snooping', urges Supreme Court to hold Centre accountable"Modi Govt caught snooping! Appalling but not Surprising! After all, BJP Govt- 1. Fought against our right to privacy. 2. Set up a multi cr...
31 Oct, 2019, 02.47 PM IST
Does WhatsApp follow data norms, SC asks RBIRegulator told to file affidavit in 6 weeks after messaging app says it abides by rules
03 Aug, 2019, 09.41 AM IST
Data storage: WhatsApp plans third-party auditIncidentally, sources in the regulatory body National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) said WhatsApp, which has over 200 million active...
10 Apr, 2019, 10.29 AM IST
Facebook, Google blocking search words linked to child pornA search for ‘child porn’ on Google now throws up a warning that states child abuse is illegal and creating, possessing and viewing child p...
21 Dec, 2018, 07.00 AM IST
Being a group admin on Whatsapp can land you in jail. Read howA 21-year-old youth has been booked under sedition charges over a message posted in a WhatsApp group.
24 Jul, 2018, 06.20 AM IST
Four highly anticipated cases to watch this yearRegarding the data sharing case, The SC will decide whether the right to privacy is enforceable against private, non-state actors such as W...
02 Oct, 2017, 12.34 AM IST
Users free to quit WhatsApp if they don't like privacy policy: FacebookFacebook, which owns the popular messaging platform, told the Supreme Court that those who find the new privacy policy irksome or violative...
28 Apr, 2017, 09.24 AM IST
Supreme Court dismisses petition seeking ban on WhatsAppThe petition was filed by a Haryana-based RTI activist Sudhir Yadav on the grounds that WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption could pose a threa...
29 Jun, 2016, 05.31 PM IST
IIMC caste war: Two students expelled over social media messagesThe chain of events on campus started when three faculty members and students organised a protest to express solidarity with Dalit scholar ...
03 Mar, 2016, 09.45 AM IST