WhatsApp group admin Liability Case Law
Case Laws for WhatsApp Group Admin Liability “ A vicarious criminal liability can be fastened only by reason of a provision of a statute and not otherwise. In the absence of a special penal law creating vicarious liability, an Admin of a WhatsApp group cannot be held liable for the objectionable post by a group member." a crime was registered against the first accused under Sections 67B (a),(b) and (d) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act. Manual v. State of Kerala [2022] CRL MC No.3654 of 2021 WhatsApp group admin can’t be held liable for member’s post unless common intention shown held by Bombay High Court : Alleged Crime was under Section 67 of the IT Act, 2000 (related to obscenity) Kishor v State of Maharashtra [2021] GCtR 787 (Nagpur, Bombay HC) 01/03/2021 in Criminal Application (APL) 573/2016 " Common intention cannot be established in a case of WhatsApp service user merely acting a...