The bench has decided to hear the matter again after a week. (File photo/PTI)
The High Court had last week directed the CBI to make the WhatsApp chief a party to the case and issued notice to him.
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Instant messaging company WhatsApp on Friday assured the Jharkhand High Court of full cooperation in the investigation into the murder of the Additional District Judge of Dhanbad. The High Court had last week directed the CBI to make the WhatsApp chief a party to the case and issued notice to him.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for WhatsApp, told a division bench of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad that the Facebook-owned company is willing to help in the investigation into the murder of Justice Uttam Anand. Sibal told the court that any chat data required for investigation can be obtained from the company.
The bench has decided to hear the matter again after a week. The bench was hearing a public interest litigation initiated by the High Court following the death of a judge who was crushed by an autorickshaw while jogging on July 28, 2021.
The CBI counsel last week informed the court that it had sought WhatsApp chat details of the two accused arrested in the case, but was denied access to security and privacy policies. The bench then ordered the company to be included as a respondent in the case.
Justice Anand’s death had created a stir in a hornet’s nest and the Supreme Court and the High Court took a tough stand on the incident and monitored the investigation. Two persons – Lakhan Verma and Rahul Verma – have been arrested in the case and a charge sheet has been filed.
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