SC rejects plea to restrain CCI from investigating WhatsApp privacy policy

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to restrain the Competition Commission of India (CCI) from probing the 2021 privacy policy of WhatsApp.

Dismissing the appeal filed by its parent company Meta, which challenged the Delhi High Court judgment refusing to stay the probe, a two-judge bench presided by Justice M R Shah said the Commission is an independent authority to look into violation of The Competition Act, 2002 and that its proceedings cannot be said as being without jurisdiction.

The bench added that proceedings before the Commission have to be required to be completed at the earliest.