Right to be forgotten: Supreme Court orders court registry to remove from internet personal details of parties in a sexual offence case

A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh directed that the needful be done within three weeks so that the details of the parties are not visible on search engines.
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In a brief but significant order augmenting the right to be forgotten as a facet of the right to privacy, the Supreme Court has directed that personal information of a petitioner and a respondent in a sexual offence case be masked on the internet so that their details are not thrown up by search engines.

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