That information of people’s past life events affect the lives of their family members is a common argument lawyers raise. In the case of Rai’s client, the information is an impediment for his daughters’ marriage prospects.
“The daughters are to be married. The moment you check his background, which is not exactly the right information – I am not saying it false information but also not exactly the right information – this comes up.”
According to him, no one has control once information is disseminated on the internet, be it Google or any of the social media platforms.
“What is the responsibility of the State? If the State has the right to punish, it also has the duty to see a person gets reformed and not put him in a dark hole after he is out of jail. My case is more difficult and we try to make out that the other side of conversation has a history and everybody has the right to know,” asserts Rai.
Given the proliferation of information on social media and the internet, he suggests controlling of information, which also needs to be precise, true, and suited to what is actually required or else litigants, in his view, will reach a “point of return”.
Source: Barandbench
