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must keep their fingers firmly upon the pulse of the accepted
morality of the day.”
12. The Ld. Single Judge of High Court of Karnataka in the
case of Vasunathan v. The Registrar General, High Court of
Karnataka8 has acknowledged the right to be forgotten,
keeping in line with the trend in the Western countries where
it is followed as a matter of rule. The High Court of Delhi in its
recent judgment in Zulfiqar Ahman Khan vs. Quintillion
Business Media Pvt. Ltd. and Ors9 has also recognized the
“right to be forgotten” and 'Right to be left alone' as an integral
to part of individual’s existence. The Karnataka High Court in
{Name Redacted} vs. The Registrar General10 recognized
“Right to be forgotten” explicitly, though in a limited sense.
The petitioner’s request to remove his daughter’s name from a
judgment involving claims of marriage and forgery was upheld
by the Court. It held that recognizing right to be forgotten
would parallel initiatives by ‘western countries’ which uphold
this right when ‘sensitive’ cases concerning the ‘modesty’ or
‘reputation’ of people, especially women, were involved.
However,
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