Petition filed in Kerala HC against mandatory download of Aarogya Setu

A petition was filed on Thursday in the Kerala High Court against mandating the download of Aarogya Setu, the Central government's contact-tracing app for Covid-19. The plea said the order "takes away the right of a person to decide and control the use of information pertaining to him".

The petitioner is the General Secretary of the District Congress Committee, Thrissur, John Daniel. 

The Ministry of Home Affairs had on May 1 said through an order that the download of Aarogya Setu was mandatory for public and private employees, and also for people in what are identified as containment zones. The order also