A petition has been filed in the Kerala High Court seeking a direction to the Union of India, the second respondent, to take necessary steps to ensure that materials disclosing the identity of the petitioner as a rape victim in websites maintained by Indian Kanoon, the third respondent, and Google India, the fourth respondent, are removed or hidden to protect the right to privacy of the petitioner.
The petitioner further sought a direction to the Union of India to hide any material/information in the petition which will disclose the identity of the petitioner as a rape victim before publishing it by way of case status or judgment in the website owned and maintained by the Union of India and the National Informatics Centre, the 6th respondent.
A single-judge Bench of Justice Shaji P. Chaly considered the petition. The Bench posted the matter on 09/03/2023 as the petitioner appearing in person seeks time for impleading the Google India managing director and Yahoo India.