An appeals court here has affirmed a district judge's order to dismiss
a human rights violation lawsuit filed against Congress president Sonia
Gandhi by a Sikh group in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots
case, ruling that the petition lacked merit.
The three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that it found the arguments presented by Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) in its case against Gandhi "without merit".
The bench of Circuit Judges Jose Cabranes, Renna Raggi and Richard Wesley affirmed the district court's order of June 9, 2014 in which the judge had dismissed the human rights violation lawsuit filed by SFJ against Gandhi.
US District Judge Brian Cogan had granted Gandhi's motion to dismiss the complaint due to "lack of subject matter jurisdiction" and failure to state a claim.
"Upon due consideration..., it is hereby ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the judgement of the District Court is affirmed," the three-judge bench said in its order issued here yesterday.
Sonia Gandhi's lawyer eminent Indian-American attorney Ravi Batra termed the appeals court ruling as "historic" and said the judges have upheld a nation's sovereignty by declared Gandhi free of any fault - despite SFJ's "reprehensible defamatory efforts".
The three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that it found the arguments presented by Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) in its case against Gandhi "without merit".
The bench of Circuit Judges Jose Cabranes, Renna Raggi and Richard Wesley affirmed the district court's order of June 9, 2014 in which the judge had dismissed the human rights violation lawsuit filed by SFJ against Gandhi.
US District Judge Brian Cogan had granted Gandhi's motion to dismiss the complaint due to "lack of subject matter jurisdiction" and failure to state a claim.
"Upon due consideration..., it is hereby ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the judgement of the District Court is affirmed," the three-judge bench said in its order issued here yesterday.
Sonia Gandhi's lawyer eminent Indian-American attorney Ravi Batra termed the appeals court ruling as "historic" and said the judges have upheld a nation's sovereignty by declared Gandhi free of any fault - despite SFJ's "reprehensible defamatory efforts".
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