US court dismisses human rights case against Badal

May 18, 2013 21:20

A US court has dismissed a case filed by a Sikh rights group accusing Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal of being involved in human rights violations.

In its order, the US District Court in Wisconsin ruled that Badal was never served with the court summons as being claimed by the New York-based 'Sikh for Justice' (SJF), which had filed the case against him.

In fact, judge Jynn Adelman in his five page order, said that Sikh for Justice came out with "creative" but unconvincing argument that the court summons were served to Badal, which indeed was served by Christopher Kratochvil and his brother on behalf of SFJ to another Surinderpal Singh Kalra, believing that he was the Punjab Chief Minister.

"I have no doubt that Christopher Kratochvil and his brother sincerely believe that they served defendant, but I conclude that they made an honest mistake, one that was understandable under the unusual circumstances of this case," the judge wrote.

Kratochvil apparently served summons to Kalra presuming that he was Badal on August 9, 2012 where the latter was attending a public function at Oak Creek High School following the tragic death of six Sikh worshippers at Oak Creek Gurdwara.

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