Delhi High Court

Timeline

1. 19 Jun2026
   Supreme Court

   Delhi High Court upholds temporary Telegram block under Section 69A¹²³

   Delhi High Court (Justice Tejas Karia) dismissed Telegram's writ petition on 19 June 2026. Challenged: interim blocking order of 16 June and final order of 17 June under Section 69A. Court held the orders proportionate and procedurally compliant given the emergency.

   • Delhi High Court (Justice Tejas Karia) dismissed Telegram's writ petition on 19 June 2026
   • Challenged: interim blocking order of 16 June and final order of 17 June under Section 69A
   • Court held the orders proportionate and procedurally compliant given the emergency
   • Block ran until 22 June; edit feature disabled until 30 June
2. 29 May2026
   Supreme Court

   Delhi High Court frames Right to be Forgotten rules for online court records⁴⁵⁶

   Justice Sachin Datta held the right flows from informational privacy under Article 21 and set a de-indexing and masking framework for judicial records.

   • Delhi High Court (Justice Sachin Datta) held that the right to be forgotten is a facet of informational privacy under Article 21
   • 144-page judgment delivered on 29 May 2026 in a batch of writ petitions
   • Laid down a framework for de-indexing and masking personal information in online judicial records
   • Search engines cannot be perpetually allowed to show judicial records in name-based searches for private cases ending in acquittal, discharge, quashing or settlement

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Sources

1. Bar and Bench
2. Verdictum
3. The News Minute
4. LiveLaw
5. SCC Online
6. The Tribune