How to Get Right to Be Forgotten
in Chandigarh
A legal step-by-step guide for Chandigarh residents and businesses. India has no statutory Right to Be Forgotten in force yet, but High Courts have granted de-indexing relief under Article 21. The right to erasure in Section 12 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 comes into force in May 2027.
Legal process in Chandigarh.
Identify the content: historical content, outdated information, or acquitted criminal records that continue to harm reputation.
Assess eligibility: Right to Be Forgotten is stronger for acquitted individuals, victims of crimes, and content with no ongoing public interest.
High Court petition: filed at the relevant High Court as a writ petition under Article 226, invoking the right to privacy under Article 21.
Google India notice: formal notice to Google's India operations demanding de-indexing pending the court order.
Court order enforcement: once the High Court issues an order, it is served on all search engines and platform operators.
Right to Be Forgotten in Chandigarh: the local legal context
Chandigarh falls within the Punjab & Haryana High Court, which sits in the city; its territorial jurisdiction covers Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh, including Ludhiana, Amritsar, Gurgaon, and Faridabad. Chandigarh's professional community — including lawyers, doctors, real estate agents, and government contractors — faces targeted reputation attacks through social media and regional Punjabi-language portals.
Professional defamation via regional Punjabi-language social media
Fake reviews on JustDial targeting Chandigarh service businesses
Real estate and property dealer false complaint campaigns
Chandigarh cases involve a tri-state ecosystem (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal) — the city's content removal matters often span multiple state-language platforms (Punjabi news portals, Haryanvi YouTube channels), and tend to involve cross-state diaspora attacks via Facebook and WhatsApp.
Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh has appellate jurisdiction for both states. The High Court has no original civil side, so a civil suit starts in the competent civil court in Chandigarh.
Highest-risk Chandigarh industries: Healthcare specialists (Practo attacks), education and coaching institutes (Haryana-Punjab competitor review attacks), and agri-business and food-processing executives (consumer-portal defamation).
In Chandigarh, right-to-be-forgotten relief rests on the Information Technology Act 2000 (Section 79 read with IT Rules 2021, which set platform deadlines of three hours on a court order, two hours on intimate images or impersonation of a person, and seven days on most other complaints, defamation included), criminal defamation under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 s.356 (formerly IPC 499/500), and civil injunctions from the competent civil court in Chandigarh. Across 25+ cities RepuLex maintains a 97% case success rate — permanent removal, not suppression.
India has no statutory Right to Be Forgotten in force yet, but High Courts have granted de-indexing relief under Article 21. The right to erasure in Section 12 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 comes into force in May 2027.
How long does it take to get right to be forgotten in Chandigarh?+
A writ petition under Article 226 runs on Punjab & Haryana High Court's calendar, usually weeks to months. A de-indexing request to Google can be filed in parallel while it is pending. The right to erasure in Section 12 of the DPDP Act 2023 comes into force only in May 2027.
Can RepuLex help you get right to be forgotten in Chandigarh?+
Yes. RepuLex takes on this work for clients across Chandigarh and the rest of India; legal notices and court filings are drafted and served by the partner law firm. The IT Act 2000 and the IT Rules 2021 apply to every intermediary offering services in India, wherever the platform is hosted, so a notice for a Chandigarh client runs the same way as one sent from anywhere else. Where a court order is needed, the partner law firm files in the competent civil court in Chandigarh, and before Punjab & Haryana High Court for writ petitions.
What does it cost to get right to be forgotten in Chandigarh?+
This work is not priced per URL. After the free case assessment it is scoped and quoted as a fixed fee before any commitment, and there is no monthly retainer. The per-URL removal rates are on the pricing page.
Need help? RepuLex handles it for you in Chandigarh.
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