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Notice In PDF Format Delivered Through WhatsApp Is Valid


In SBI Cards & Payments Services Pvt Ltd vs Rohidas Jadhav, the Bombay High Court was hearing an execution application wherein the respondent Rohit Jadhav was evading service of notice under Order XXI Rule 22 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908. He was served notice by an authorized officer of the claimant, SBI Cards and Payments Services Pvt Ltd, by sending a PDF and message to his mobile number on WhatsApp.

The Hon'ble Judge held - "For the purposes of service of Notice under Order XXI Rule 22, I will accept this. I do so because the icon indicators clearly show that not only was the message and its attachment delivered to the Respondent’s number but that both were opened,”

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