NEW DELHI: Can a WhatsApp message received by a Judge be treated as a petition?
A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur faced the peculiar question when advocate Ashok Arora brought up the issue, saying he had sent the CJI a WhatsApp message from the US about an issue and that the court should have taken cognizance of the matter based on that.
“We don’t use WhatsApp. You came here from USA for this matter?” the CJI asked the advocate who instantly replied in the affirmative.
“If a matter written on a postcard can be treated as PIL why can’t the whatApp message. WhatsApp can be better than a postcard,” Arora said, adding it is easier in case of whatsApp to establish the identity of sender.
The bench said it will hear the matter on Monday.
Arora said since the Chief Justice did not take cognizance of the issue he had raised in his WhatsApp message, he has now filed a petition.
In the petition, Arora said, he had raised the issue of citizens not performing their fundamental duties enshrined in the Constitution. (AGENCIES)
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