Judge Amit Mehta, a native of Patan, will hear the case against Google in the US

New York: Native Indian and US District Judge Amit Mehta will preside over the Justice Department's crucial lawsuit against internet search giant Google. Mehta was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on December 22, 2014 by former U.S. President Barack Obama.

Born in Patan, Gujarat, Amit Mehta did his BA in Political Science and Economics from Georgetown University in 1993. He then studied law at the University of Virginia School of Law in 1997.

After law school, Mehta worked for a law firm in San Francisco before becoming a clerk in the Ninth Circuit Court. In 2002, Mehta joined the District of Columbia Public Defender Service as a staff attorney.

Mehta has also served on the board of directors of the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project. He is also a former co-chair of the District of Columbia Bar's Criminal Law and Individual Rights Steering Committee. He is a former director of Facilitating Leadership in Youth, a non-profit organization.

On Tuesday, the Justice Department as well as the attorney generals of 11 states filed an antitrust case against Google in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. It was alleged that Google used its dominance in online search and advertising to eliminate competition. The Attorney Generals of 11 states include Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, South Carolina and Texas.

Google, one of the richest companies in the world with a market value of 1 1 trillion, has a monopoly for billions of users and countless advertisers around the world. Over the years, Google has accounted for about 90 percent of all search queries in the United States and used anti-competitive tactics to maintain a monopoly on search as well as search advertising, ”the Justice Department said.

"In the absence of a settlement, the rest of the outcome is in the hands of Federal Judge Amit Mehta," a Washington report said. He was appointed by a bench of former President Barack Obama. He was selected on Wednesday for a hearing in the Google case.