Madurai: As a simple Google search can make or improve one’s character, the name must be removed (obscured for legal or security purposes) from the assessment if he is released in a criminal case, Madras High Court has observed.
Requesting individual rights to privacy and the right to forget, justice and Venkatesh said Google search will bring up court assessment, and a person’s name will be displayed against alleged crime even after he is released from all assessments.
However, considering the deep consequences, the Redac command will bring, the High Court has chosen to hear the view of the bar members, including prosecution, before giving a detailed order about this problem.
A man who tried to rape and cheating, was punished and punished by the court of trial in 2011, but he was released from all charges by the High Court in 2014.
He has now approached the High Court to redeem his name from the assessment.
Justice Anand Venkates observes that the applicant is now facing a strange problem because his name is reflected in the assessment as the defendant, even though he was released from all charges.