Badal expected to visit US in July Sikhs for Justice gear up serve court summons this time.Related Document: Summons by US Federal Court against Parkash Singh Badal (dtd: )ĭownload Related Document: Summons by US Federal Court against Parkash Singh Badal (dtd: ) citizens for torts committed in violation of international law. federal law first adopted in 1789 that gives the federal courts jurisdiction to hear lawsuits filed by non-U.S. The suit was field under “Torture Victims Protection Act” (TVPA) and “Alien Torts Statute”, a U.S. In previous lawsuit against Badal, the Sikhs for Justice and various victims of state oppression had maintained that Punjab police committed various human rights violations, including torture in a systematic manner, during Parkash Singh Badal’s tenure as chief minister. The NGO had put a scanned copy of summons on it’s Facebook Fans Page and declared a reward of $10,000/- for service of summons on Badal. The Sikhs for Justice was able to procure summons against Badal from the US court. But during the court process the court had dismissed the lawsuit for lack of proof of service of summons.Īs per reports Parkash Singh Badal was scheduled to visit United States of America (USA) in first week of July 2013. It must be noted that SFJ had filed a lawsuit against Badal in US Federal court in Wisconsin in August 2012 when Badal was visiting the US. Parkash Singh Badal’s visit to US cancelled
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