Allahabad High Court dismissed plea by transgender petitioner seeking legal right to collect “badhai.” Bench of Alok Mathur and Amitabh Kumar Rai held no legal sanction exists for such collections.
Google opposed Justice AHMD Nawaz’s plea, arguing that India does not legally recognise the “right to be forgotten” under the DPDP Act, 2023. It also questioned the maintainability of the case, citing jurisdiction issues and saying a foreign judge cannot directly invoke constitutional remedies in India.
