Earlier the group had demanded Congress President Sonia Gandhi to depose before the US court which was also dismissed by the party stating that “Sonia Gandhi has not been in New York or in the United States during the period of September 03, 2013 through September 09, 2013”.
The victims are demanding a jury trial and compensatory and punitive damages against Gandhi for her role in allegedly shielding and protecting perpetrators of the riots.
Batra, who represents the Congress party in US courts, also strongly objected to SFJ's demand saying the group should not build “visitor-suites in their sand castles.
“Staying out of the internal politics of India, but dealing only with the legal issues raised by SFJ's perpetual desire to raise false public expectations - any subpoena issued by SFJ on Rahul Gandhi will be met with a motion to quash,” Batra said.
Updated on: January 30, 2014 21:52 IST
