US court terminates $100-million lawsuit against PM Modi, Amit Shah

A US court has dismissed a $ 100 million lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The case was filed by a separatist Kashmir-Khalistan faction and two other individuals. The petitioners could not appear on the two dates of the hearing after which the case was dismissed.

The lawsuit was filed after the “Howdy Modi” event held on September 19, 2019 in Houston, Texas. The petition challenged the decision of the Parliament of India under which the status of the special state of Jammu and Kashmir was abolished. The petitioners had demanded $ 100 million as compensation from Modi, Shah and Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon.

Dhillon is currently the Director-General of the Defense Intelligence Agency and is the Deputy Chief of the Integrated Defense Staff under the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS). In an order dated October 6, Judge Francis H. Stacey of the South Texas District Court of the US said that the Kashmir Khalistan Referendum Front did nothing to pursue the case and twice the hearing date was set But did not even attend. With this, the judge dismissed the case.

Judge Andrew Hannen concluded the case on October 22 in a Texas district court. Apart from the ‘Kashmir Khalistan Referendum Front’, two other petitioners have not been identified.