WhatsApp group admin not vicariously liable for any objectionable content posted by a group member

Manual Vs. State of Kerala (Kerala High Court) In Kishor Chintaman Tarone v. State of Maharashtra & Another (2021 ICO 1285), the High Court of Bombay dealt with similar issue in terms of the liability of the Admin resulting from an indecent post shared by another member on the WhatsApp group. It was held that ‘a Group Administrator cannot be held vicariously liable for an act of a member of the Group, who posts objectionable content, unless it is shown that there was common intention or pre-arranged planacting in concert pursuant to such plan by such member of a WhatsApp Group and th...