Delhi HC reserves order on Facebook, WhatsApp pleas challenging CCI notice

The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its order on pleas by Facebook and WhatsApp challenging the Competition Commission of India’s June 4 notice seeking certain information on the social media platform’s new privacy policy.

WhatsApp and Facebook have urged the Delhi High Court to stay notice issued by the CCI on June 4 against messaging applications. The CCI has sought certain information on WhatsApp’s new privacy policy.

WhatsApp urged the High Court to issue direction to authorities concerned not to take any coercive action against messaging applications till the next date of hearing.

A vacation bench of justices Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Justice Jasmeet Singh reserved the order after hearing the submission of both sides.