Madras High Court ( Madurai Bench) and WhatsApp
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Can Thumbs up emoji on WhatsApp land you in trouble? Madras High Court answers
The Court said the use of thumbs up emoji was only an acknowledgment of the WhatsApp message and can never be considered to be celebratory of a brutal murder.
The Madras High Court recently upheld a single-judge order for reinstatement of a Railway Protection Force (RPF) Constable who had been removed from service for using a thumbs up (👍) emoji for a WhatsApp message related to the murder of a superior officer in Meghalaya [The Director General Railway Protection Force v. Narender Chauhan].