Right to be forgotten and judicial records

In Laksh Vir Singh Yadav v. Union of India, the Delhi High Court recognised the right to be forgotten as a constitutionally protected facet of informational privacy under Article 21. Deciding a batch of petitions seeking de‑indexing, masking and removal of links to judicial records (including acquittals and matrimonial disputes), Justice Sachin Datta laid down a framework for restricting searchability and masking personal identifiers while balancing open justice with privacy.^[3][4]

Waiver of statutory waiting period in Special Marriage Act

In SK v. KS, a Division Bench held that the one‑year waiting period for filing divorce petitions under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 can be waived in cases of “exceptional hardship”. The Court reasoned that where continuation of marriage would merely prolong suffering and all chances of reconciliation are exhausted, rigid insistence on the statutory period would defeat the Act’s purpose and justify judicial waiver.^[3][4]

Personality rights and deepfakes

In Akkineni Naga Chaitanya v. WWW.SEXVID.XXX & Ors., the Delhi High Court passed an ex parte ad‑interim order protecting the Telugu actor’s personality rights. Justice Jyoti Singh restrained websites, sellers and unidentified persons from exploiting his name, image, likeness and voice through pornographic content, AI‑generated deepfakes and unauthorised merchandise, reinforcing the Court’s willingness to treat personality rights as enforceable against digital exploitation.^[3][4]