 "Sikh group secures US court summons to Sonia Gandhi")
A Sikh rights group on Tuesday secured summons from a US judge to be served on Congress President Sonia Gandhi at a hospital where she is believed to be under medical care, in a case filed against her for "shielding and protecting" party leaders allegedly involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
A class action suit against Gandhi was filed by Sikhs for justice (SFJ), a US-based human rights group, along with victims of November 1984 under the Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Victim Protection Act.
SFJ legal counsel Gurpatwant S Pannun said federal court judge Brian M Cogan's order further directs the hospital and security staff to give summons and complaint to Gandhi personally in the hospital.
Gandhi is currently in the US for a regular medical check-up.
Sixty-six-year-old Gandhi, who had undergone a surgery in the US for an undisclosed ailment on August 5, 2011, had flown there for a check-up in February and again on September 2 last year.
A class action suit against Gandhi was filed by Sikhs for justice (SFJ), a US-based human rights group, along with victims of November 1984 under the Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Victim Protection Act.
SFJ legal counsel Gurpatwant S Pannun said federal court judge Brian M Cogan's order further directs the hospital and security staff to give summons and complaint to Gandhi personally in the hospital.
Gandhi is currently in the US for a regular medical check-up.
Sixty-six-year-old Gandhi, who had undergone a surgery in the US for an undisclosed ailment on August 5, 2011, had flown there for a check-up in February and again on September 2 last year.
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