2020

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday reserved its order in the petition filed by Anivar Aravind who has sought directions to the authorities not to deny any service to citizens for not installing the 'Aarogya Setu' application.

A division bench headed by Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka passed this order on the PIL by Anivar A Aravind, who described himself as a digital rights activist, challenging various protocols that mandate downloading of Aarogya Setu application.

The division bench, comprising of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Ashok S. Kinagi, was hearing Anivar A. Aravind’s petition seeking a permanent order against the use of the contact tracing application.

A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi issued the clarification while hearing a petition filed by Anivar A Aravind who has challenged the mandatory use of Aarogya Setu application for accessing public services.

The division bench, comprising of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok Kinagi, was hearing Anivar A. Aravind’s petition which is seeking a permanent order against the use of the contact tracing app.

The clarification is sought while hearing a petition filed by Anivar A Aravind who has challenged the mandatory use of Aarogya Setu application for accessing public services.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi passed the order while hearing a PIL filed by Anivar A Aravind, challenging the compulsory use of the App in many services.

Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves appearing for the petitioner Anivar A Aravind informed the court about guidelines issued by the Airports Authority of India, on July 30.

Anivar Aravind, a Bengaluru-based software engineer who runs a non-profit initiative that deals with people's rights and software freedom using technology, policy and law, concurs.

The Court is hearing the petition filed by Anivar Aravind, cyber security activist, raising privacy concerns about the app.

While it may no longer be mandatory to use Aarogya Setu for rail and air travel, Anivar Aravind’s battle in Karnataka High Court is not yet over.

The division bench, constituting Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice E.S. Indiresh, was hearing a PIL filed by Anivar Aravind, a public interest technologist and part of SFLC.in’s advisory board, that argued against mandating Aarogya Setu for rail and air travel.

The statement was made during the hearing of a petition filed by cyber activist Anivar Aravind, who contended that the Aarogya Setu protocol violates a citizen’s right to privacy.

The petition filed by Anivar Aravind, a board member of the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC), was heard by Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty.

The statement was made during the hearing of a petition filed by cyber security activist, Anivar A Aravind.

The petition filed by cybersecurity activist Anivar Arvind states that by an order dated May 1, the Centre had made the use of the app compulsory for all employees in both the private and public sector.

the petition was filed by one Anivar A Aravind who is a software engineer based in Bengaluru and also works for a city-based non-profit focused on democratising technology

Aarogya Setu is nothing but a surveillance app. In the name of contact tracing, Aarogya Setu collects registration details, GPS locations, nearby device data and this can be used to identify your social graph.