NEW DELHI: The Congress Party of India has been summoned by a US court to appear on April 1, 2011 to respond to the charges of conspiring, aiding, abetting and organizing large scale anti-Sikh violence in India in 1984.
Even as the deadline of April 1, 2011, given by the US Court summons to the Congress Party, to respond to the charges of "conspiring, aiding, abetting and organizing" the large scale anti-Sikh violence in India in 1984 gets close, the party seems to be undecided of its response and is still considering different options.
The summons were issued on March 1, 2011 by the US District Court for Southern District of New York based on a law suit filed by a human rights group, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) which has taken up the cause of securing justice for victims of the anti Sikh violence that took hold of India in the autumn of 84, particularly in Delhi, in which over three thousand Sikhs lost their lives.
The anti Sikh violence erupted in the first week of Nov 84 when Indira Gandhi, leader of the Congress Party and Prime Minister of India, was killed by her Sikh bodyguards for ordering the assault on the Golden Temple in Amritsar in June 84.
Sikhs complain that despite clear evidence pointing to the role played by well known Congress Party Leaders in directing the violence no one has been punished nor adequate compensation offered for the colossal loss of life and property.
"It the Congress Party did not respond to the summons of the US federal Court by April 1, 2011, SFJ will ask the Court to enter a default against the Congress (I)," SFJ legal advisor Gurpatwant Singh Pannum told the media.
The default judgment will enable the victims of the anti Sikh violence to pursue criminal prosecution of Congress (I) leadership under the "Human Rights Enforcement act of 2009" which provides the basis for US Court to prosecute foreign nationals involved in committing crimes against humanity," said Pannum.
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Even as the deadline of April 1, 2011, given by the US Court summons to the Congress Party, to respond to the charges of "conspiring, aiding, abetting and organizing" the large scale anti-Sikh violence in India in 1984 gets close, the party seems to be undecided of its response and is still considering different options.
The summons were issued on March 1, 2011 by the US District Court for Southern District of New York based on a law suit filed by a human rights group, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) which has taken up the cause of securing justice for victims of the anti Sikh violence that took hold of India in the autumn of 84, particularly in Delhi, in which over three thousand Sikhs lost their lives.
The anti Sikh violence erupted in the first week of Nov 84 when Indira Gandhi, leader of the Congress Party and Prime Minister of India, was killed by her Sikh bodyguards for ordering the assault on the Golden Temple in Amritsar in June 84.
Sikhs complain that despite clear evidence pointing to the role played by well known Congress Party Leaders in directing the violence no one has been punished nor adequate compensation offered for the colossal loss of life and property.
"It the Congress Party did not respond to the summons of the US federal Court by April 1, 2011, SFJ will ask the Court to enter a default against the Congress (I)," SFJ legal advisor Gurpatwant Singh Pannum told the media.
The default judgment will enable the victims of the anti Sikh violence to pursue criminal prosecution of Congress (I) leadership under the "Human Rights Enforcement act of 2009" which provides the basis for US Court to prosecute foreign nationals involved in committing crimes against humanity," said Pannum.
http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/1...indias-congress-party-summon-by-us-court.html
