A Sri Lankan Supreme Court judge has approached the Karnataka High Court in India to remove allegedly defamatory online content and block URLs of news reports published against him.
The judge, Justice AHMD Nawaz, claims that certain online articles and search results have caused severe damage to his international reputation as a jurist.
He argues that the alleged defamation is being propagated through online platforms and that Google India's headquarters are located in Bengaluru, giving the Karnataka High Court jurisdiction over the case.
The judge has issued a legal notice to Google and the publishers seeking removal of the allegedly defamatory material, but the content was not taken down.
Justice Nawaz is seeking directions to Google India and the Union government to remove the defamatory URLs and prevent their further reproduction.
