Google India to face trial in pre-2009 defamation case

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a 2009 law, which diluted the liability of third-party intermediaries over any published content, would not apply to a pre-2009 defamation case filed against Google India by Visaka Industries over an allegedly defamatory write-up on asbestos.

Visaka Industries filed the complaint after the company said it issued legal notices asking Google India to take down the write-up. Google then moved the Andhra High Court for quashing the proceedings, but did not get any relief.