(1) In any legal proceeding in which a protected person is a party or such person is an applicant, the court, on an application by such person or any other person on his behalf may pass, in the interest of justice, any or all of the following orders, namely:—
(a) that the proceeding or any part thereof be conducted by suppressing the identity of the applicant by substituting the name of such person with a pseudonym in the records of the proceedings in such manner as may be prescribed;
(b) that the proceeding or any part thereof may be conducted in camera;
(c) restraining any person from publishing in any manner any matter leading to the disclosure of the name or status or identity of the applicant.
(2) In any legal proceeding concerning or relating to an HIV-positive person, the court shall take up and dispose of the proceeding on priority basis.
(a) that the proceeding or any part thereof be conducted by suppressing the identity of the applicant by substituting the name of such person with a pseudonym in the records of the proceedings in such manner as may be prescribed;
(b) that the proceeding or any part thereof may be conducted in camera;
(c) restraining any person from publishing in any manner any matter leading to the disclosure of the name or status or identity of the applicant.
(2) In any legal proceeding concerning or relating to an HIV-positive person, the court shall take up and dispose of the proceeding on priority basis.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Prohibition of discrimination.Section 4 · Prohibition of certain acts.Section 5 · Informed consent for undertaking HIV test or treatment.Section 6 · Informed consent not required for conducting HIV tests in certain cases.Section 7 · Guidelines for testing centres, etc.Section 8 · Disclosure of HIV status.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 24 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2019-11-29. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.