Updates below Earlier: A case filed asking for the ban on messaging applications such as Whatsapp, which use end to end encryption, has been dismissed by the Supreme Court of India, MediaNama has learned. According to a Rahul Narayan, a lawyer present in court, the case got dismissed within a few seconds of being called out. "The case was dismissed as the court found no merit in the pleas raised by the petitioner. However, after the Chief Justice indicated that case would be dismissed, as there were sufficient number of government authorities taking care of national security, the petitioner sought to withdraw the petition, and approach an appropriate authority, with respect to the grievances raised in the petition," Narayan said. Update: "I will make another representation to the DoPT and the Ministry on Information Technology in two-three days, and will ask them to either hear the matter or reject it. If nothing happens, then I'll go to the telecom tribunal (TDSAT), if they can look into the issue", Sudhir Yadav, the RTI activist and a web developer, who had filed this case in the Supreme Court, told MediaNama. Before going to the Supreme Court, Yadav had made a representation to the DoPT and the Ministry of IT, but they "hadn't taken any action." If there isn't any action from the government, Yadav will go back to the Supreme Court of India. Clearly, this isn't over yet. Note: It's likely that Yadav is referring here to DoT (the Department of Telecom),…
