Allahabad HC Orders Status Quo In Google’s Plea Against Ex-Parte Injunction Order Restraining Publication Of ED Proceedings Against UPSIDC Engineer

The Allahabad High Court granted interim relief to Google while ordering status quo in a writ petition against an ex-parte order of the Civil Judge, restraining the company from running or displaying news and YouTube video links relating to proceedings initiated by Enforcement Directorate against an Engineer of UPSIDC. The Single Bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi was hearing a writ petition filed by Google LLC, USA and Google India Private Limited against the order dated 14.9.2020 and order dated 15.2.2020 passed by Civil Judge (Senior Division), Kanpur Nagar by means of which an ex-parte decree was passed against them, mandatorily restraining them from displaying news relating to the said proceedings and requiring them to deindex the same from the search engine.