India Urged To Restore Security Barriers At U.S. Embassy

In the arrest of Indian Diplomat Devyani Khobragade, the law of two nations is in conflict, and as such it will take time before a delayed and deliberated court's judgement can issue in one or more country, he observed.

"By then, the critically important bilateral relationship between United States and India may be needlessly scarred and America's non-negotiable interest in having American diplomats treated with maximum dignity and security on foreign soil, where every nation has its own set of laws, will have been tested," he said.

In year 2009, he said, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was arrested for disorderly conduct by Sgt. James Crowley.

"A homeowner, trying to get into his own home, can legally be charged with disorderly conduct based upon his behaviour with the police responding to a 911 call. Yet, there were concerns of racial profiling," he said.

"President Obama criticised the arrest, which led to objection by law enforcement. Editorial boards and "talking heads" infused our Republic with discord and a historic unifying presidency was at risk," he added.

"Law was superseded with calmer judgement, as the law permits. We crossed the "great divide" with legal charges being dropped and on July 30, 2009, a White House Beer Summit of good fellowship occurred to re-unite a nation," Batra said.

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