US steps in to nip in bud Modi legal wrangle, says he enjoys immunity

Kayalvizhi wrote:If Modi is a principal man and is innocent, he could waiver the immunity and ask nthe court to proceed. Then he could present evidence and found guilty.

Is he innocent?

Seva Lamberdar wrote:NEW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have total immunity from legal proceedings in the US that has been initiated by human rights activists, the Obama administration said on Friday even as the Indian leader arrived in New York to a purported US court order pertaining to the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Radical Sikh activists who have been carrying out a legal campaign in US to shame the Indian government for perceived human rights excesses attempted to embarrass Modi ahead of his arrival in New York by initiating legal action, resulting in a court order seeking his response to the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. But the Obama administration stepped into assure the visiting leader that he's safe from any legal wrangle even as he landed in New York.

Senior Obama administration officials previewing the visit said in a teleconference that as a visiting head of government, Modi enjoyed complete immunity for the duration of the visit not only from court proceedings, but also from being personally served or handed court summons. "While we cannot comment specifically on this lawsuit, I can tell you that as a general legal principle, sitting heads of government enjoy immunity from suits in American courts," one official said.

"Sitting heads of government also enjoy personal inviolability while in the United States, which means they cannot be personally handed or delivered papers or summons to begin the process of this," the official said, adding that, "as a matter of treaty, heads of delegation to the UN General Assembly enjoy immunity while in New York to attend the UN event.".................

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/US-steps-in-to-nip-in-bud-Modi-legal-wrangle-says-he-enjoys-immunity/articleshow/43551588.cms

Kayalvizhi wrote:If Modi is a principal man and is innocent, he could waiver the immunity and ask nthe court to proceed. Then he could present evidence and found guilty.

Is he innocent?

bw wrote:

Kayalvizhi wrote:If Modi is a principal man and is innocent, he could waiver the immunity and ask nthe court to proceed. Then he could present evidence and found guilty.

Is he innocent?

you worked really hard on framing this post, didn't ya?

swapna wrote:

bw wrote:

Kayalvizhi wrote:If Modi is a principal man and is innocent, he could waiver the immunity and ask nthe court to proceed. Then he could present evidence and found guilty.

Is he innocent?

you worked really hard on framing this post, didn't ya?

"framing?"