Judgment Hosting and Takedown Policy (India)

At CaseMine, we operate as an online legal research platform, providing access to judgments verbatim exactly as issued by the courts. Court judgments in India are part of the public record. Unless a specific law prohibits their disclosure or a court issues an order restricting access, these decisions can be freely accessed and republished.

We do not modify, redact, or alter any part of the content. We believe in preserving the word of the law without change, ensuring that legal information remains authentic, accurate, and trustworthy.

Our goal is to support legal research and public understanding by offering unedited access to judicial decisions, as published by the courts themselves.

A judgment resulting from a case heard and decided by a court in India is presumed to be publicly accessible except in situations where there is a specific legal restriction or court order in place.
Section 52(1)(q)(iv) of the Indian Copyright Act clearly states that the publication of court judgments does not constitute copyright infringement.

Publishing judgments that are part of the public record does not inherently violate an individual's right to privacy as affirmed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in R. Rajagopal Alias R.R Gopal And Another v. State Of T.N And Others, 1994 JT 6 514 (Oct 7, 1994):

"The rule aforesaid is subject to the exception, that any publication concerning the aforesaid aspects becomes unobjectionable if such publication is based upon public records including court records. This is for the reason that once a matter becomes a matter of public record, the right to privacy no longer subsists and it becomes a legitimate subject for comment by press and media among others."

The Supreme Court in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India (2017) affirmed that while the right to privacy is a fundamental right, it is not absolute. The judgment acknowledged that information already in the public domain, including court records, is not protected by the right to privacy. Once such information enters the public record through lawful means, it becomes accessible for legitimate public use.

De-indexing means removing a specific web link from showing up in search engines like Google, Yahoo, or Bing. This does not remove the specific judgment entirely from our platform but it prevents that particular link from appearing in search engine results.

We do not alter, redact specific details from, or modify judgments published on our platform. All judgments are reproduced verbatim, exactly as they appear in the official records of the respective courts. It is against the law to edit judgments including redaction, anonymization, or modification unless and until it is directed by a competent Court to do so. If there is a valid court order directing such changes, a copy of such a court order is requested to be sent to us at support@casemine.com. Judicial pronouncements are legal documents issued by a competent authority, and any modification without explicit judicial instruction would compromise their integrity.

Court cases in India are public records, and unless the court expressly prohibits it or there is a law against it, the opinions can be freely viewed and published.

If you have a relevant court order directing the removal of a judgment from our platform, a copy of such a court order is requested to be sent to us at support@casemine.com. Kindly note that we will only comply if there is a valid court order authorizing for removal.