07/03/2021
Right To Be Forgotten: Kerala HC Asks Indian Kanoon To Remove Name Of Rape Victim From Judgment
seeking proper investigation into the complaint led by her, pursuant to the rape committed on her by the accused.
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She submitted in the petition that she was aggrieved due to the publication of the judgments rendered by the high court
by the website named indiankanoon.org, without obtaining prior permission from the court or from the petitioner as
mandated under Rule 5 of the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive
Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011.
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She also submitted that she is further aggrieved by the publication of these judgments in the general search results of
the search engine owned and run by the 4th (Google) and 7th respondents (Yahoo).
According to the petitioner, such publications infringed the right to privacy and right to lead a digni ed life guaranteed
to the petitioner under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
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