The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking pan-India guidelines for governing social media intermediaries with respect to suspension and blocking of accounts.
The apex court allowed the two petitioners to withdraw the plea and told them that they were free to seek any other remedy available in law before an appropriate forum.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was told by the counsel appearing for the petitioners that their WhatsApp, which they used to communicate with the customers, was blocked.
“There are other communication applications, you can use that,” the bench observed and asked why WhatsApp of the petitioners was blocked.
The petitioners’ counsel said no reason was given to them.
“What is your fundamental right to have access to WhatsApp?” the bench. It asked the petitioners why they approached the apex court directly with a petition under Article 32 of the Constitution.
The counsel said the petitioners, who have a clinic and a …
