Privacy issues have been prevalent in India for quiet sometime when it comes to its social media platforms. A right-wing social activist in India filed a petition asking the Supreme Court of India to order a probe into Facebook Inc and WhatsApp over revelations that a piece of spyware had exploited vulnerabilities in the popular messaging app to snoop on hundreds of devices.

Over 400 million Indians use these social media platforms and Whatsapp and Facebook are likely to get into more trouble due to the legal complaint against them . Both are already facing criticism and legal proceedings against them in India.

Social Activist K.N. Govindacharya filed the  petition as the  issue is already discussed among political parties and bureaucrats . Govindacharya, who has previously fought and won some court battles that have compelled social media companies to implement certain policy changes in India, asked the Supreme Court to direct the country’s counterterrorism agency to probe Facebook, WhatsApp and NSO for breaching the privacy of Indian users, according to a copy of the petition reviewed by Reuters.

Govindacharya, who himself has not been affected by the WhatsApp breach, is also seeking “perjury proceedings against the company for deliberately misleading” the courts in another matter for having claimed “that users data is fully encrypted and no one including WhatsApp has the key.”

In a  statement , WhatsApp said it provides end-to-end encryption to help protect user privacy and security, and that the malware it had identified targeted vulnerabilities within the underlying operating systems of devices.

Govindacharya’s petition also urged the court to direct the federal government to “stop any surveillance through Pegasus or other similar applications.”

Meanwhile, Indian lawyers and activists, who were among those targeted, say they are increasingly concerned about their safety, privacy and state-backed surveillance.