Boorgula Meher Thej Mehar Tej v. Union of India & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court writ petition W.P.(C) 14650/2024 (CM APPL. 61488/2024), order dated 15.04.2026 by Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav; petitioner Boorgula Meher Thej Mehar Tej, acquitted of the allegation concerned, sought deletion/masking/redaction/delisting of his name from digital case records; Court found no binding policy mandating such action and disposed of the petition without granting the prayer; cross-reference to pending Supreme Court dispute in Ikanoon Software Development Pvt. Ltd. v. Karthick Theodore (SLP No. 15311/2024); liberty reserved to petitioner to act after the Supreme Court's judgment. Relevant themes: right to be forgotten, delisting/redaction of names of acquitted persons from judicial digital records.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; the petition stands disposed of with the Court's observations and liberty to the petitioner to take appropriate steps in accordance with law if his grievance is not fully mitigated after the Supreme Court pronounces judgment in the pending similar dispute.