The HC observed that the offence for which the WhatsApp representative was summoned was less than five years
The case will next be heard after the Centre and the Kerala government file their respective responses before the HC
The lower court issued the summons after WhatsApp refused to furnish details of the person who uploaded obscene videos of a woman
The Kerala High Court (HC) on Tuesday (February 20) reportedly stayed a lower court’s order directing WhatsApp India executive Krishna Mohan Choudhary to appear before it.
According to Moneycontrol, the single-judge bench stayed the order while hearing a writ petition filed by WhatsApp challenging the order passed by a Thiruvananthapuram chief judicial magistrate that summoned the representative of the messaging platform.