A petition in the Kerala High Court seeks a ban on WhatsApp.

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Kerala High Court seeking a ban on WhatsApp on the grounds that it is not cooperating with the country’s law enforcement agencies.

In his petition, Omanakuttan K G of Idukki district claimed that the instant messaging platform has a separate privacy policy for the European region that is in accordance with local laws.

“If the APP is amenable to European region laws and can change its functionality in accordance with European region laws, why is it hesitant to abide by our country’s laws?” The petitioner inquired.

According to the petitioner, the app has approached the Delhi High Court, claiming that it is not subject to the newly implemented IT rules because it cannot trace the origin of messages due to its end-to-end encryption policy.

The app also claims that the newly implemented IT rules violate the right to privacy as established in the Justice Puttaswamy case, according to the petitioner.

The petitioner claimed that WhatsApp is prone to manipulation and lacks security, and that it is also used for anti-national and anti-social activities.

He stated that he filed the petition for the sake of national and public interest.