Manmohan Singh Immune As PM, Not As FM: U.S. Court

Following the order, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal advisor to SFJ, said this is a start of long and uphill battle against the former prime minister.

According to Attorney Ravi Batra, Judge Boasberg parsed the head-of-state immunity with a 'surgical scalpel' and immunized any and all claims during the 10-year Prime Mastership reign while exposing to potential liability those claimed and complained-off acts that were allegedly committed during 1991-1996 as India's finance minister.

"That India chose to leave PM Singh un-represented based upon a diplomatic calculus has been upset by the court's ruling today. Proper representation of Singh would have ended the entire case today. The takeaway from today's sustainable ruling is that in a nation of laws, always have your lawyer in court to defend you," he said.

"It is also true that what J Boasberg allowed to survive today, is capable of being dismissed as a matter of law based upon subject matter jurisdiction and statute of limitations. The most dangerous facet of today's ruling is folks serving nations and their governments can be hauled into court beyond the Nuremberg Trials - as Palestine is trying to do with Israel," Batra said.

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