The Right to be Forgotten in India

Can a person acquitted years ago stop their name from surfacing in a search the moment an employer or matchmaker types it? On 29 May 2026 the Delhi High Court answered yes, holding the right to be forgotten to be a strand of the privacy guarantee under Article 21 and, for the first time, framing detailed rules for de-indexing and masking of a person's name in online judicial records - while leaving convictions, public figures and matters of live public interest outside its reach.