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DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN
Regin Vinny – Appellant
Versus
Union of India, Rep. by the Secretary, New Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN, J.
1. The petitioner makes a rather uncommon request, that the first respondent-Union of India, be directed to mask his name and identity from Ext.P1 judgment, which he had obtained from this Court in W.P. (C) No. 8857/2009.
2. Sri. Santhosh Kumar - learned counsel for the petitioner, explained that, even though his client exercised his statutory and constitutional rights, in having approached this Court through the afore writ petition, seeking that his name be ordered to be corrected in his official records, since Ext.P1 judgment has now been uploaded in the online arena, he is facing difficulties answering his employer and other persons, particularly those who are outside India, as to why he had done so. He submits that this is causing him prejudice and therefore, has been constrained to approach this Court, especially since “the right to be forgotten” has been globally recognised as a valid right, which also finds recognition in the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) and Another vs. Union of India and Others, (2017) 10 SCC 1. He thus prays that the reliefs sought for in this writ petition be granted, particularly
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