Supreme Court Declines To Stay Madras HC Order Restraining DMK’s Use Of OTP For Membership Campaign

The Supreme Court on Monday (4 August) declined to stay an interim order of the Madras High Court that restrained the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) from using OTP-based verification messages for its membership campaign, ‘Oraniyil Tamil Nadu’, the Business Standard https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/sc-refuses-to-stay-hc-order-restraining-dmk-from-using-otp-verification-125080400584_1.html">reported.
A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and A S Chandurkar dismissed the party’s appeal, calling the issue “sensitive” and expressing concern over the potential misuse of data.