WhatsApp PDF notice is valid, rules Bombay high court

The Bombay high court has held that service of notice through WhatsApp is valid. Justice Gautam Patel observed that a credit card defaulter who was evading the bank had not only received the notice in a PDF file but also opened it and read its content. "(Jadhav) was served by an authorised officer by sending a PDF and message to his mobile number as a WhatsApp message." Justice Patel said. "For the purposes of service of notice I will accept this. I do so because the icon indicators clearly show that not only was the message and attachment delivered but that both were opened."