New Delhi: Does Right to Life under the Constitution also include “right to be forgotten” online?The Delhi high court opened up the issue for legal scrutiny, and sought the response of the Centre, Google, and an online law compendium on the matter.Earlier this week, Justice Manmohan had admitted a plea filed by a Delhi banker, who wanted his personal details to be removed from online search engines.Seeking online anonymity, the man told HC that “right to be forgotten” is a recognisable prerogative in Europe post the landmark judgment by European Court of Justice in the case of Google vs Mario Costeja.Under the right to be forgotten, an individual can make a request to search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing to take down his/her personal details in certain circumstances to prevent access of confidential information by third parties.
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