A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals heard the oral arguments on whether the lawsuit against Gandhi would be allowed to proceed as appealed by Sikh human rights group Sikhs For Justice or the US district court's order of dismissal will be affirmed.
Judge Jose Cabranes, Reena Raggi and Richard Wesley of 2nd Circuit in Manhattan heard the arguments and reserved the decision.
In June 2014 a federal judge had dismissed the lawsuit against Gandhi ruling that the Congress president is not liable under Torture Victims Protection Act (TVPA).