A US federal district court has summoned road transport and highways minister Kamal Nath for his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom based on a case filed by a Sikh outfit.
In the civil case filed under the Alien Torts Claims Act, the petitioners sought compensatory and punitive damages for several allegations including crime against humanity, degrading treatment and wrongful killing. However, Nath, who is on a visit to the US, said he was “surprised and appalled” as the case has been filed 25 years after the anti-Sikh riots in India.
“I really have no clue about it. I don’t have a basis and I don’t know the authenticity. I don’t know the validity. It was for the first time that I saw it,” an agency report quoting Mr Nath said.
The minister has been served a notice and has to respond within 21 days failing which the court will give a default judgement on the matter. The minister said that he would have to study the matter further. “A piece of paper was given to me.
Source :http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/US-summons-Kamal-Nath-for-alleged-role-in-anti-Sikh-pogrom/articleshow/5772520.cms
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