CASE COMMENT: JORAWAR SINGH MUNDY V. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. (2021)

The Delhi High Court’s interim order in Jorawar Singh Mundy v. Union of India marks an important development in Indian privacy jurisprudence. The case tests the limits of the “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) under Article 21 of the Constitution against the principle of transparency and public access to judicial records. The petitioner, an acquitted individual, sought removal of an old judgment from search engine results, claiming its availability caused professional and reputational harm. The Court, while not erasing the judgment itself, granted interim delisting relief.1 This balance between individual dignity and the open-courts doctrine situates the case at the intersection of privacy, free speech, and judicial transparency.