Right To Be Forgotten

In an important development for the 'right to be forgotten', the Delhi High Court recently ordered the removal of one of its own judgments from easy access.¹ The petitioner was acquitted of certain crimes by the court and the judgment was freely accessible on the Internet. Unhappy with this, the petitioner sought removal of the judgment from a leading database platform and search engines. The Delhi High Court, as a temporary injunction, ordered search engines to remove the acquittal judgement from search results, and ordered the database platform to block the judgment from being accessed by search engines. The High Court recognised that the petitioner may have a right to be forgotten, which must be balanced with the right of the public to access courts of record.