The Karnataka High Court has ordered Google, online legal database Indian Kanoon and authorities concerned to mask the name of a woman from digital records after she was acquitted in a criminal case in 2019. Despite the final outcome of the case, digital records continued to identify her as accused number 3. Story continues below this adThe high court referred to the Supreme Court’s observation that “Humans forget, but the internet does not forget and does not let humans forget.” Story continues below this adAllowing the petition, the high court issued a writ of mandamus (court order directing public authorities to perform their legal duty), directing the state, Google, Indian Kanoon and the registrar generals of the high court and city civil court to mask the petitioner’s name in the digital records. Its operative direction was specifically to mask the petitioner’s name in the identified digital records.