‘Moneylife’ Challenges Broad De-indexing and Takedown Orders in Sterling Biotech Reporting Case |
A Delhi court on Tuesday (May 26) recorded a statement on behalf of Manoj Kesarichand Sandesara that no further takedown action would be pursued against content published by Moneylife until the next date of hearing in an appeal filed by Moneywise Media LLP.
The undertaking was given in an appeal filed by Moneywise Media LLP, which publishes Moneylife, challenging a wide-ranging interim order requiring the de-indexing of online reports and videos relating to the Sterling Biotech matter.
The appeal arises from a final interim order dated May 16 in Manoj Kesarichand Sandesara v. Google LLC & Ors., passed by a Delhi trial court. The order directed Google, Meta and unnamed “John Doe/Ashok Kumar” defendants (which is directed against Moneywise Media LLP) to de-index, de-list and de-reference specified URLs, as well as “such other links not known to the Plaintiff” relating to Sandesara, his family and the Sterling Biotech matter.
The directions affected a substantial body of reporting and video content published by Moneylife over several years, covering enforcement proceedings, banking litigation, insolvency proceedings, settlement proposals, court hearings and regulatory developments. The affected material was based on proceedings before the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), appellate forums and the Supreme Court.
The reporting relates to the long-running Sterling Biotech matter, which has involved investigations, enforcement proceedings, insolvency litigation and........