SUPREME COURT’S ‘RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN’ ORDER: AN OVERVIEW AND CALL TO ADDRESS ‘CONCEPTUAL BANKRUPTCY’

August 6, 2022

In India, the constitutional jurisprudence of ‘right to be forgotten’ (RTBF) has witnessed development through various judicial precedents and orders delivered by Hon’ble High Courts. Recently, for the first time in Indian history, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in a special leave petition (SLP) in XXXX vs. Kancherla Durga...

Significance of increasing representation of women judges in higher judiciary

August 27, 2021

On August 19, 2021, The Daily Guardian had reported that the collegium of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, which comprises the incumbent Chief Justice of India (‘CJI’) and four senior-most Judges of the Supreme Court, had issued a resolution (dated August 17, 2021) recommending the elevation of nine individuals...

MADRAS HIGH COURT SAYS THAT THERE IS NO ‘RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN’ AGAINST COURT DECISIONS

August 16, 2021

Previously, the Hon’ble Madras High Court had made an anonymous reported order (Citation: W.P.(M.D.) No. 12015/2021) on July 16, 2021, where it had ‘prima facie’ observed, inter alia, that a ‘right to be forgotten’ (‘RTBF’) against court orders exists under the fundamental ‘right to privacy’ enshrined in Article 21 of...

Madras High Court order on ‘right to be forgotten’: Analysis and critique

July 31, 2021

Recently, a Single-Judge Bench of the Hon’ble Madras High Court headed by Hon’ble Mr. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh, had given an important order regarding ‘right to be forgotten’ (‘RTBF’) or right to erasure as a facet of the fundamental ‘right to privacy’, in an anonymous reported writ petition with the...

DELHI HIGH COURT ORDER ON RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN: ANALYSIS AND CRITIQUE

June 1, 2021

On May 25, 2021, Live Law reported that a Single-Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court headed by Hon’ble Ms. Justice Prathiba Maninder Singh, had given a remarkable interim order concerning ‘right to be forgotten’ (‘RTBF’) as a facet of the fundamental ‘right to privacy’, in Jorawer Singh Mundy @Jorawar Singh Mundy vs....