The Delhi High Court has recently recognised the “Right to be Forgotten” (RTBF) as part of the fundamental right to privacy under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, especially in the context of online court records and search engines. In simple terms, it means that in certain situations, people can ask for their names and personal details to stop showing up in name-based internet searches related to old court cases. The Court was hearing petitions from people whose names kept appearing online in connection with past cases – criminal matters, matrimonial disputes, and other litigation – even though the cases were over, settled, or decided in their favour. The petitioners said that because of search engines and legal databases, those old cases were still affecting their reputation, jobs, and personal lives. The Court laid down a simple, two-fold framework: De-indexing: Search engines and legal databases can be directed to remove specific links from name-based search resu...
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