IN A NUTSHELL

The petition, filed by Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi, challenges the Delhi high court’s 2016 decision that ordered WhatsApp to delete all data in its possession till September 25, 2016. The court permitted the messaging service provider to share data with Facebook if the users subscribed to its policy post the cut-off date Subscribers were free to withdraw if they were not keen on sharing their data The judgment also asked the Centre and TRAI to have a regulatory regime for message services