Foreign commercial entities WhatsApp, Facebook can’t challenge Indian law: Centre in Delhi HC The Division Bench led by Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh is seized of a plea filed by WhatsApp LLC and its parent company Facebook Inc. challenging the ‘traceability’ clause contained in Rule 4(2) of the IT Rules which were notified by the Centre in February this year, on the ground that it breaches the privacy of its users. The Centre, while defending the validity of the traceability clause, informed the Delhi High Court that WhatsApp and Facebook cannot challenge the constitutionality of any Indian law since they are foreign commercial entities. The Centre has also challenged the maintainability of the instant petition on the ground that the platforms are out and out foreign commercial entities having no place of business in India. The team at Reddy and Reddy Law Firm constitutes of legal professionals’ who are experts at handling matters relating to Cyber law.