Delhi HC’s order on the right to be forgotten isn’t very practical, the internet never forgets

The Delhi High Court passed an important judgment in Laksh Vir Singh Yadav v. Union of India. Justice Sachin Datta held that the right to privacy under Article 21 extends to the right to be forgotten. The relief granted to the petitioners asked search engines like Google and service providers like Indian Kanoon to delist names from judgments and orders and to disable name-based search. Indians may have a right to be forgotten, but this order is insufficient to protect the right. Watch Siddarth Raman argue how the order is - at best - cosmetic, fails to battle the Internet's near-eternal memory and wrongly casts the onus on private parties to ensure protection of vulnerable identities. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive content, special privileges & more – Subscribe to ThePrint for Special benefits: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ » Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3nCMpht » Like us on Facebook:   / theprintindia   » Tweet us on Twitter:   / theprintindia   » Follow us on Instagram:   / theprintindia   » Find us on LinkedIn :   / theprint   » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia » Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NMVlnB » Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pEOta8