[WHATSAPP PRIVACY POLICY] WILL NOT TAKE COERCIVE ACTION TILL END OF PROCEEDINGS: CCI TO DELHI HIGH COURT WhatsApp and Facebook had filed a fresh application seeking a stay on the notice issued by CCI dated June 4. The Delhi High Court had refused to stay the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) order dated 24 March 21 directing investigation against WhatsApp’s new data privacy policy for its alleged abuse of dominant position in the ‘market for Over-The-Top (OTT) messaging apps through smartphones’. The main ground of challenge of the CCI’s impugned order dated 24 March 21 directing investigation into the 2021 policy of WhatsApp (“impugned order”/”prime facie order”) was that that despite the judicial challenge to the 2021 Update pending before the Supreme Court and before the Delhi High Court, the CCI wrongly took suo- motu action and passed the Impugned Order. Reddy & Reddy Law Firm is renowned law firm in Pune, our litigation team is handling varied matters - Civil, Criminal, and cyber law as well.