A bench of Justices M R Shah and Sudhanshu Dhulia dismissed the petitions challenging the Delhi High Court ruling maintaining the investigation requested by the primary national competition regulator on the grounds that the CCI is an independent body and the proceedings before it cannot be halted.

On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected Meta Platforms Inc's appeals against the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) investigation into WhatsApp's revised privacy policy for 2021. Meta Platforms Inc. is the parent company of the social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp.

The bench ruled that any inference made by the high court should only be taken as a preliminary indication.

On September 28, the Delhi High Court dismissed a petition brought by Facebook India that was opposed to the Competition Commission of India's request for a probe into WhatsApp's updated privacy policy as of 2021. (CCI).

Following the high court's division bench's August denial of its request for impleadment in a connected matter and permission to challenge the CCI order via a separate writ petition, Facebook India requested the single judge bench.

On August 25, the division bench denied the appeals of WhatsApp and Facebook Inc. against a single judge's decision rejecting their appeals of the CCI's investigation into the amended privacy policy of the instant messaging network.

Facebook Inc.'s Indian subsidiary, Facebook India, has argued that the CCI has included Facebook Inc. and WhatsApp in its ongoing investigation even though it hasn't formed any prima facie evidence against either company. Facebook Inc. is based in the US and is now known as Meta Platforms.

A solitary high court judge had declined in April of last year to block the CCI's inquiry into the petitions filed by WhatsApp LLC and Facebook Inc.—now known as Meta Platforms.

Based on news reports, the CCI made the independent decision to investigate WhatsApp's amended privacy policy in January of last year.

The anti-trust watchdog had stated that WhatsApp's anti-competitive sharing of user data with Facebook was the subject of its inquiry.

It also supported the opening of an investigation into Facebook in relation to WhatsApp's privacy policy, claiming that the latter is the holding company for the messaging service and might potentially abuse the data supplied.