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Sonia Gandhi declines to provide passport copy to US court

New York: Sonia Gandhi has declined to provide a copy of her passport to a US court here as documentary evidence in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, citing refusal by the Indian government on grounds

PTI Published : Apr 08, 2014 12:40 IST, Updated : Apr 08, 2014 14:09 IST
Gandhi is keen to bring the case to an “expeditious resolution” without the delays that may be caused by requesting federal government agencies to produce travel records or by asking Sloan-Kettering to furnish “non-existent records,” Batra added.

She had previously filed a motion in court seeking dismissal of the lawsuit filed by SFJ, citing lack of personal jurisdiction and that she was never personally served with the summons in the case.

SFJ legal adviser G S Pannun alleged that successive Indian governments have “thwarted attempts of 1984 victims to seek justice.”

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