NY court summons Kamal Nath in Sikh riots case

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NY court summons Kamal Nath in Sikh riots case: Report​

Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath has been summoned by a New York court in connection with the 1984 anti-sinkh riots case, according to a report on The Indian Express website. The report says that the US has declined diplomatic immunity to the minister. A civil lawsuit was filed in a New York court last April alleging his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in New Delhi, the report said.
However, there are no legal proceedings related to the 1984 riots against the Minister in India.

The report said that a member of the NGO in New York filed an affidavit saying she served the summons to Kamal Nath outside the consulate which, Nath’s lawyers say, is false as the area was heavily barricaded by NYPD due to presence of large number of Sikhs. Their claim is that the summons was never served.

 

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hope gujarat riots victims too file case against modi in usa court.they will get justice there not in indian court.

 

[pmukherjee]

NY court summons Kamal Nath in Sikh riots case: Report​

Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath has been summoned by a New York court in connection with the 1984 anti-sinkh riots case, according to a report on The Indian Express website. The report says that the US has declined diplomatic immunity to the minister. A civil lawsuit was filed in a New York court last April alleging his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in New Delhi, the report said.
However, there are no legal proceedings related to the 1984 riots against the Minister in India.

The report said that a member of the NGO in New York filed an affidavit saying she served the summons to Kamal Nath outside the consulate which, Nath’s lawyers say, is false as the area was heavily barricaded by NYPD due to presence of large number of Sikhs. Their claim is that the summons was never served.

Give us Warren Anderson and you can have Kamal Nath.

 

[bhagat]

Thread already posted

http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-affairs/90109-indian-union-cabinet-minister-us-lawsuit.html

 

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India seeks diplomatic immunity from US for Kamal Nath in 1984 anti-Sikh riots

India has sought diplomatic immunity from the US for urban development minister Kamal Nath against whom summons have been issued by a US court on a lawsuit alleging his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Sources in the Indian embassy in Washington said a demarche was made out to the state department for granting diplomatic immunity to minister following the case filed against him by an NGO, Sikhs for Justice, in April last year.

Some reports said the US was disinclined to grant diplomatic immunity to Kamal Nath on the ground that they would not like to step in a matter between an NGO and him but Indian officials did not confirm it.

The issue is "still under examination" of the American government, the sources said.

Kamal Nath was quoted as saying, "As far as I know, the US has not rejected it (India's request), at least not to my knowledge. I have never been charged with any offence here in India in the last 25 years".

The minister's lawyers denied that he has been served summons in the case as claimed by a memebr of the NGO.

They contended that 740 cases were filed in India relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and Kamal Nath's name did not figure in any of them.

"Discussions are underway between the Indian embassy and the US authorities on the issue (diplomatic immunity)," they said.

 

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Kamal Nath, the Gandhi buddy

The Case Against Kamal Nath