A US court has summoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Indian politicians and business tycoons바카라 웹사이트after an바카라 웹사이트Indian-American doctor바카라 웹사이트filed a lawsuit in Washington against them on a host of issues바카라 웹사이트including corruption and Pegasus spyware.
The summons have been issued by a바카라 웹사이트US District Court for the District of Columbia against leaders including PM Modi,바카라 웹사이트Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, and business tycoon Gautam Adani among others, all of whom have been named in the lawsuit and were served in India earlier this year.바카라 웹사이트
The lawsuit has piqued the interest of many due to the high-profile personalities named in it. However,바카라 웹사이트eminent Indian-American attorney from New York Ravi Batra has termed it a "dead on arrival lawsuit".
Who is the Indian-American doctor suing PM Modi and why?바카라 웹사이트
The lawsuit against Modi, Reddy and Adani has been filed by Richmond-based gastroenterologist Dr Lokesh Vuyurru. Among others named in the lawsuit is Professor Klaus Schwab, founder and chairman of the World Economic forum.
Without any documentary evidence, the Indian-American physician, who comes from Andhra Pradesh, alleged that Modi, Reddy and Adani, along with others, are engaged in corruption, including massive cash transfers to the US and use of Pegasus spyware against political opponents.
The lawsuit was filed on May 24, following which the court issued the summons on July 22. The summons were served on them in India on August 4 and to Schwab in Switzerland on August 2.
Dr Vuyyuru submitted the evidence of submission of the summons before the court on August 19.
"Dead on arrival lawsuit"
Indian-American lawyer Ravi Batra has called it바카라 웹사이트"a dead on arrival lawsuit" and claimed that the complainant seemed to have바카라 웹사이트"too much free time on his hands". He also accused바카라 웹사이트Vuyyuru of "improper바카라 웹사이트use of our federal courts by filing his 53-page complaint to defame and disparage an American ally, India". Batra also said that no lawyer had touched the complaint yet. "...despite the presumption against extra-territoriality and Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act - something we helped flush out by repeatedly winning dismissal of SFJ v INC and SFJ v Sonia Gandhi, he (Vuyyuru)바카라 웹사이트slashes and burns indiscriminately as if there was no Rule 11 to teach him respect for Article III courts," Batra was quoted by PTI.바카라 웹사이트
Not the first lawsuit against Modi in US
This, however, is not the first time that a lawsuit has been filed against Modi in a바카라 웹사이트court of law in the US, a country with which the leader formerly shared a strained relationship. In September 2019, a USD 100-million lawsuit was filed against the PM and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, days before the former's 'Howdy, Modi' event in Texas with바카라 웹사이트US President Donald Trump.바카라 웹사이트The바카라 웹사이트litigants included a separatist Kashmir-Khalistan outfit among others and the lawsuit바카라 웹사이트challenged the Indian Parliament라이브 바카라 decision on Jammu and Kashmir that abrogated the special privileges of the state and carved out two union territories. The litigants바카라 웹사이트sought compensation of USD 100 million from Modi, Shah and Lt. Gen. Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon.바카라 웹사이트
The lawsuit, however, was dropped in 2020 after the litigants reportedly failed to바카라 웹사이트appear at the바카라 웹사이트scheduled hearings for the suit.
In 2014, another lawsuit had been filed against Modi, ahead of his maiden visit to the US after becoming Prime Minister, alleging the former Gujarat Chief Minister failed to stop anti-Muslin rioting in the state in 2002 when he was in office. The lawsuit was dismissed in 2014 after US바카라 웹사이트District Judge Analisa Torres upheld the US Department of State라이브 바카라 ruling바카라 웹사이트that Modi바카라 웹사이트is entitled to immunity from civil lawsuits filed in US courts since he is바카라 웹사이트a sitting head of government.바카라 웹사이트
(With inputs from PTI)
