India, Sept. 8 -- Last week, the White House played host to the tech titans of United States. Barring the former best pal and now estranged Elon Musk, virtually every big name paid obeisance to the First Family Donald and Melania Trump. Particularly effusive in his praise was the normally-reticent Sundar Pichai, the CEO of the search giant, Google. He profusely thanked the president for the open support to his company despite the anti-trust investigations it faces in the US.

Just a few days before the White House dinner, a federal judge had ruled that there was no need to break Google into smaller entities or force the company to sell its crown jewel, the Chrome Browser. But the judge did side with the prosecutors to bar the company from...