| As Pannum Sues India Now
Has to Dec 18 to Serve Ajit Doval
After Nikhil Gupta Is Served
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 25 – For a plot to
murder Gurpatwant Singh
Pannun, Indian national Nikhil
Gupta is in the MDC Brooklyn
jail; Inner City Press is
covering his criminal case in
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York.
Now a civil
case filed by Gurpatwant Singh
Pannun, against the Indian
government for assault and
intentional infliction of
emotional distress, is also in
SDNY. On February 26 Pannum's
lawyers filed their affidavit
of service on defendant Ajit
Doval. Here is the story it
tells.
Ajit Doval
was staying at Blair House in
DC on February 12 and 13
during the state visit. But,
according to the filing, the
Secret Service refused to
accept service of legal papers
on Doval, and threatened to
arrest the process service,
who left the papers in a
Starbucks 100 feet away.
On March 4, Judge
Katherine Polk Failla
disapproved this service:
"Gurpatwant Singh Pannun: The
Court finds that service was
not completed. The Complaint
was not delivered to a member
of the hotel management or
staff or any officers or
agents providing security for
Defendant, as required by the
Court's Order. (Signed by
Judge Katherine Polk Failla on
3/3/2025)
On June 20 Pannun
filed an update: while Nikhil
Gupta has been served, service
on the Ministry of Law and
Justice has not resuled in any
confirmations or even
responses.
On June 25 Judge
Failla ordered: re "Letter
filed by Gurpatwant Singh
Pannun. The Court understands
that the remaining Defendants
who have not been served are
not within any judicial
district of the United States.
In the event that those
Defendants have not been
served on or before December
18, 2025, Plaintiff shall
provide a status letter
detailing his efforts to do
so. Plaintiff's status letter
shall be filed on or before
December 19, 2025. ( Service
due by 12/18/2025.) (Signed by
Judge Katherine Polk Failla on
6/25/2025)."
The case
is Pannun v. The Government of
India, et al., 1:24-cv-7021
(Failla)
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