A writ petition has been filed in the Delhi HC challenging the new privacy policy of WhatsApp application. The petitioner alleges that this new policy violates the right to privacy and is a threat to national security.
The Reserve Bank of India told the honourable Supreme Court that the responsibility to ensure the tech giants like WhatsApp, google and Amazon comply with rules and regulations governing UPI platforms, not lies with RBI, whereas it lies with the National Payments Corporation of India.
The high court of Jammu and Kashmir held that a man and his relatives can be prosecuted under Section-498A of Ranbir Penal Code, even if the marriage entered was void. (Karnail Chand and others V. state of J&K and another)
The high court of Patna has quashed criminal case and granted relief to 18 foreign nationals of Tablighi Jamaat. The court directed the authorities to send them to their respective countries.