Indians fight in court for right to be forgotten online

Kaushik’s case is among dozens of similar petitions in India seeking to remove information from the Internet on the grounds that it is no longer necessary or relevant, pitting privacy rights against freedom of speech and the public interest. — Photo by Parker Byrd on Unsplash

It is more than a decade since Indian actor and reality television star Ashutosh Kaushik was arrested for drink driving. Now, he is fighting for the right to put the incident behind him for good.

Kaushik filed a petition in the Delhi high court last year, seeking the removal of about 20 online news reports and video clips of the arrest and other “minor” incidents, highlighting a wider push in India for the legal right to be forgotten online.