WhatsApp messages have no evidential value: Supreme Court SECTIONS Share Synopsis “What is evidential value of WhatsApp messages these days? Anything can be created and deleted on social media these days. We don’t attach any value to the WhatsApp messages,” SC bench said. Reuters The author of such WhatsApp messages cannot be tied to them, especially in business partnerships governed by agreements. (This story originally appeared in on Jul 15, 2021)‘Popularity is not a measure of reliability’ appears to have played on the minds of the Supreme Court, which on Wednesday said messages exchanged on social media platform WhatsApp have no evidential value and that the author of such WhatsApp messages cannot be tied to them, especially in business partnerships governed by agreements.