Right to be forgotten
No Policy, No Redaction: Delhi HC dismisses disabled professor’s petition to remove disability data from online records
The petitioner argued that his disability details should be removed from online records under the right to be forgotten, claiming the disclosure caused stigma, discrimination, and violation of his privacy and dignity.
Continued online circulation of arrest reports after discharge violates Right to Dignity; Delhi High Court upholds interim de-indexing against Media House
While the media enjoys freedom of speech and expression, but such right is not absolute and stands correspondingly delimited by the right of an individual to dignity and reputation.
CRIMINAL LAW ROUNDUP: A quick recap of the top criminal cases from February 2025
Top criminal cases on quashing of proceedings, arrest, bail, acquittal, and more.
HIGH COURT FEBRUARY 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on BAAZI Trade Mark; Fake Court Hearing Scam; LawSikho’s Defamation; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
‘Right to be forgotten’ for juvenile by destroying record of juvenile delinquency is an absolute right: Rajasthan High Court
“For the welfare of a child, the burden of past mistakes must be lifted, offering him a fresh start to thrive, free from the weight of stigma.”
HIGH COURT NOVEMBER 2024 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Louis Vuitton’s trademark, captive elephants in Kerala, Plastic Ban, and much more.
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
HIGH COURT JULY 2024 WEEKLY ROUNDUP| Stories on Arijit Singh, M.K. Stalin, Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, right to be forgotten, and more
Have a quick look at what the High Courts across the country adjudicated on through this week.
[Right to be Forgotten] Delhi High Court grants injunction against India Today Group regarding defamatory posts on acquitted businessman
The right to freedom of expression of the press in the present case must give way to the right to privacy of the plaintiff, especially when he has been exonerated of all the allegations leading to his honourable acquittal.
HIGH COURT JULY 2024 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Reliance; Rights of Disabled Persons; NEET UG 2024; Organ trafficking; Bhopal Gas Tragedy and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
‘Right to be forgotten inherent aspect of right to privacy’; Himachal Pradesh HC directs masking of rape accused’s name after his acquittal
There was no occasion for the State to file the present appeal, as once it is on record that the prosecutrix was living happy married life with the respondent, then, this Court cannot shut its eyes to the ground reality and disturb the happy family life of the respondent and the prosecutrix.
“Accused who has been discharged or acquitted honourably has a right to dignity” Karnataka HC directs Registrar to mask party’s name in the Court’s digital records
Mere erasure of the name of the petitioner in the cause title, does not mean that he is entitled to seek such erasure from the police records. “The direction would be only to enable the internet to forget, like the humans forget. If it is allowed to stay on record, the internet will never permit the humans to forget”.
Right to be Forgotten| Delhi High Court directs Indian Kanoon to mask the name of the man acquitted in rape case
As the judgment is openly available on the Indian Kanoon and is also accessible through any web search on Google Search, the Court directed that the name of the petitioner must be masked on the Indian Kanoon portal.
Delhi High Court issues directions and recommendations to MEITY and Delhi Police to deal cases regarding Non-consensual intimate images dissemination
There is an abysmal absence of a collaborative effort that should ideally be undertaken by the intermediaries and the State.
[Right to be forgotten]|Orissa High Court directs State to remove intimate video of the victim from all social media platforms
Orissa High Court said that the legal possibilities of being forgotten On-line and Off-line, cries for widespread debate. It is also an undeniable fact that the implementation of the right to be forgotten is a thorny issue in terms of practicality and technological nuances.
[Right to be Forgotten] | Claim for the protection of personal information cannot co-exist in an Open Court justice system; Kerala High Court directs Registrar of the High Court to publish the privacy notices within two months in both English and Malayalam languages on the High Court and District judiciary websites
Kerala High Court while dealing with the issue of deleting personal information from the Judgments, discussed the different facets of right to privacy of individuals and the interest of the public qua judicial institutions. The Court concluded that the right to be forgotten cannot be claimed in current proceedings, but in appropriate cases the Court has power to invoke this right.
[Data Protection v. Right to Information] Google must de-reference/remove inaccurate data from search engine; ECJ rules
“A person’s image constitutes one of the chief attributes of his or her personality as it reveals the person’s unique characteristics and distinguishes the person from others. The right to the protection of one’s image is thus one of the essential components of personal development and mainly presupposes that person’s control over the use of that image, including the right to refuse publication of it.”
The Evolution of Right to be Forgotten in India
by Sanjay Vashishtha†
Cite as: 2022 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 7
Delhi High Court’s Exhaustive Year-End RoundUp | Amazon v. Future Retail, Rakesh Asthana’s appointment, Feeding of Stray Dogs, 5G Technology, Delhi Riots & more
From major rulings like Amazon v. Future Group to 22 Guidelines on Feeding of Stray Dogs, Delhi High Court delivered some very
Right to be Forgotten | Madras HC decides whether redacting names of acquitted persons from court record is possible
Madras High Court: N. Anand Venkatesh, J., remarked that, There is no doubt with regard to the fact that the moment Judge