US court terminates USD 100-million lawsuit against PM Modi, Amit Shah PTI
Washington: A US court has dismissed a USD 100-million lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the litigants – a separatist Kashmir Khalistan outfit and two associates – failed to appear before it at two scheduled hearings.
The suit was filed on September 19, 2019, days before Modi’s historic “Howdy, Modi!” event in Houston, Texas. It challenged the Indian Parliament’s decision on Jammu and Kashmir that abrogated the special privileges of the state and carved out two union territories and sought a compensation of USD 100 million from Modi, Shah and Lt. Gen. Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon.
Kashmir-Khalistan referendum case: US court rejects lawsuit against PM Modi, Shah
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Updated: Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 17:17 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 16: A US court has dismissed a $100-million lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the litigants - a separatist Kashmir Khalistan outfit and two associates - failed to appear before it at two scheduled hearings.
The suit was filed on September 19, 2019, days before Modi s historic Howdy, Modi! event in Houston, Texas. It challenged the Indian Parliament s decision on Jammu and Kashmir that abrogated the special privileges of the state and carved out two union territories and sought a compensation of $100 million from Modi, Shah and Lt Gen Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon.
A US court has dismissed a USD 100-million lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the litigants - a separatist Kashmir Khalistan outfit and two associates - failed to appear before it at two scheduled hearings. The suit was filed on September 19, 2019, days before Modi s historic Howdy, Modi! event in Houston, Texas. It challenged the Indian Parliament s decision on Jammu and Kashmir that abrogated the special privileges of the state and carved out two union territories and sought a compensation of USD 100 million from Modi, Shah and Lt. Gen. Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon.
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Other than that attempted service, Kashmir Khalistan Referendum Front have done nothing to prosecute this case , and have now failed to appear at two duly set Scheduling Conferences, US District Court Southern District of Texas Judge Frances H Stacy said in his order dated October 6 and recommended that the case be dismissed. The case was terminated by Judge Andrew S Hanen of the US District Court in Texas on October 22. Apart from the Kashmir Khalistan Referendum Front, the other two complainants have not been identified, other than the acronyms TFK and SMS . The suing party was represented by separatist lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.