The Kerala High Court on February 23 said admins of WhatsApp groups are not liable for objectionable posts made by group members.
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The court examined whether the admin, the petitioner in the case, has vicarious liability or can be held liable for the act of the social media group member.
Vicarious liability is a situation in which one party is held partly responsible for the unlawful actions of a third party.
The third party also carries their own share of the liability. Vicarious liability can arise in situations where one party is supposed to be responsible for (and have control over) a third party and is negligent in carrying out that responsibility and exercising that control.
Such a liability arises usually because of some or the other legal relationship between the two.
This often occurs in the context of civil law—for example, in employment cases.
In a criminal context, vicarious liability assigns guilt, or criminal liability, to a person for wrongful acts committed by someone else.
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