Sonia Gandhi not to depose in human rights violation case: Attorney

SFJ has been given time till February 6 by a federal court to “investigate” whether Gandhi was in the city between September 2 and September 9 last year, and file its opposition to Gandhi's motion to dismiss the human rights violation lawsuit due to insufficient service of summons.  

Gandhi has submitted a new declaration on January 13 to the US court in support of her motion to dismiss the lawsuit.  In the declaration, Gandhi states that she has “not been in New York or in the United States during the period of September 03, 2013 through September 09, 2013”.  SFJ has said that Gandhi was in the city for medical treatment at the Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre during September.

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.