Pursuant to US Court orders, on September 9, 2013, SFJ served the summons and complaint on the hospital and security staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York where Sonia Gandhi was believed to be undergoing medical treatment.
US Federal Court for the Eastern District of New York in September 2013 issued summons against Sonia Gandhi on the complaint filed by SFJ and victims of 1984 anit-Sikh riotws.
The victims of 1984, demanding a jury trial, sought compensatory and punitive damages against the Congress President for her role in shielding and protecting Congress leaders Kamal Nath, Sajjan Kumar, Jagdish Tytler, and other Congress party leaders from being prosecuted for their role in the riots.