India, March 10 -- The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition alleging violation of privacy of government employees after their personal details were accessed from the official salary portal for bulk WhatsApp messages ]highlighting the state government's achievements.

The bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas held that the messages sent by the Kerala State IT Mission (KSITM) regarding salaries and dearness allowance (DA) of government employees cannot be regarded as violating the privacy of the recipients.

The high court also ruled that there was no evidence of the data of employees being transferred directly to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) or the CMO engaging in privacy violation of employees.

"It is evident that the na...