The Bombay High Court on Friday sought to know why should the names of persons who have tested positive for Covid-19 be disclosed and said the issue involves privacy rights of such patients.
A division bench of Justices A A Sayed and M S Karnik made the observation while hearing a petition filed by two persons seeking disclosure of names of coronavirus patients to enable contact tracing and save others from getting infected.
The PIL has been filed by a law student, Vaishnavi Gholave, and a farmer from Solapur, Mahesh Gadekar.
The PIL said when the fundamental right to life and right to lead

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