Kerala HC Extends Ban on Govt Messages to Officials Until March 2

• Kerala High Court extends the state government's undertaking not to disseminate messages highlighting its achievements until March 2.
• The undertaking applies only to data from SPARK, not other sources, as clarified by government lawyers.
• Petitioners, Dr Rasheed Ahammed and Anil Kumar K M, submitted additional documents from KSMART system.
• Court previously observed that messages from CMO to officials constituted an intrusion of privacy.
• Petitioners argue that bulk messaging campaign from CMO, using private data, is an election campaign and violates privacy.