The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that disciplinary action cannot be taken against a government employee for uploading posts in a private WhatsApp group. The court observed that any message sent in a WhatsApp group is confined to the group members and cannot be considered as public. The court ruled that forwarding messages in a private WhatsApp group does not come under the conduct rules. The case involved an employee who was suspended and chargesheeted for forwarding an alleged objectionable political message.