Polity Notes - 3
Right to internet – comes under
Art. 19 Article 15 and 16 of the
Constitution empowers the State
to make special provisions in
education and jobs respectively
for the socially and educationally
backward section of the society
and for the economically weaker
section. Right to Reservation is not a
fundamental right. Right to be forgotten - right to
privacy is a fundamental right
(under Art. 21) and it also includes the
right to be forgotten. Under Right to be forgotten, an
individual could seek to remove or
delete online posts which may contain
an embarrassing picture, video or news
articles mentioning them. While the right is not
recognised by law in India,
courts in recent months have
held it to be an intrinsic part
of the right to privacy. The government said the
Personal Data Protection Bill
(a Joint Parliamentary
Committee’s report on which
was tabled on December 16),
contains provisions to the
doctrine of the ‘right to be
forgotten’. DPSP – Non-justiciabl…
