The Rise and Retreat of India’s “Mandatory App State”: A Legal Analysis of the Sanchar Saathi Pre-Installation Mandate and Its Rapid Rollback
I. Introduction: A Day-Long Policy Experiment with Constitutional Stakes On 28 November 2025, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), invoking powers under the Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Rules, 2024, issued a sweeping direction requiring mandatory pre-installation of the Government’s Sanchar Saathi app on … Read more