What Centre Said About Court Orders On The "Right To Be Forgotten"
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Right To Be Forgotten: The Centre submitted that while the right to privacy is a fundamental right and includes the right to be forgotten, any direction for the removal of court orders has to be directly passed by the high court to the intermediary and the platform on which they are uploaded.
The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that the provisions of the Information Technology Act do not provide for the removal of court orders passed against a person on account of his right to be forgotten.
The Centre submitted that while the right to privacy is a fundamental right and includes the right to be forgotten, any direction for the removal of court orders has to be directly passed by the high court to the intermediary and the platform on which they are uploaded.
The Centre, in its affidavit filed in a petition by two businessmen seeking the removal of certain content from various online platforms in relation to a criminal case against them, explained that the Information Technology (IT) Act provides for blocking the information for public access through any computer resource but its provisions do not apply in the present case.
The petitioners had sought the removal of court orders from certain online platforms on the ground that despite being discharged in a criminal case in 2016, information was available on the Internet due to which they faced social stigma.
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