Sikh riots: US court issues summons to Sonia
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A federal court in New York has issued summons to Congress president Sonia Gandhi for "shielding and protecting" the leaders of her party who were allegedly involved in the anti-Sikh riots in India in 1984.
The summons was issued by the US Eastern District Court of New York after a rights group — Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) — and two victims of the riots filed a complaint before it.
Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said in New Delhi that they were not aware of these facts. "Summons issued almost 30 years after the event when the Congress president is on a medical visit is, to put it mildly, astonishing. Undoubtedly, appropriate legal action will be taken," Singhvi said.
According to US laws, the summons needs to be personally served to Gandhi, who is currently in the US for medical treatment, before it can have any legal implications.
In the September 3 class-action lawsuit filed in Eastern District Court of New York, SFJ and the two victims sought compensatory and punitive damages against Gandhi for her alleged role in "shielding and protecting" Congress leaders from being prosecuted for their "crimes against humanity."
Meanwhile, former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday condemned the complaint against Gandhi. "The complaint has been lodged with clear malafide intentions for seeking cheat publicity... Otherwise, it defies logic to complain against someone who was nowhere near the government at the time the riots took place nor has she any authority to punish those accused or guilty," he said.
Do not move to US forum
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sikh-riots-us-court-issues-summons-to-sonia/1164754/
A federal court in New York has issued summons to Congress president Sonia Gandhi for "shielding and protecting" the leaders of her party who were allegedly involved in the anti-Sikh riots in India in 1984.
The summons was issued by the US Eastern District Court of New York after a rights group — Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) — and two victims of the riots filed a complaint before it.
Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said in New Delhi that they were not aware of these facts. "Summons issued almost 30 years after the event when the Congress president is on a medical visit is, to put it mildly, astonishing. Undoubtedly, appropriate legal action will be taken," Singhvi said.
According to US laws, the summons needs to be personally served to Gandhi, who is currently in the US for medical treatment, before it can have any legal implications.
In the September 3 class-action lawsuit filed in Eastern District Court of New York, SFJ and the two victims sought compensatory and punitive damages against Gandhi for her alleged role in "shielding and protecting" Congress leaders from being prosecuted for their "crimes against humanity."
Meanwhile, former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday condemned the complaint against Gandhi. "The complaint has been lodged with clear malafide intentions for seeking cheat publicity... Otherwise, it defies logic to complain against someone who was nowhere near the government at the time the riots took place nor has she any authority to punish those accused or guilty," he said.