The Obama administration has welcomed the dismissal by a New York court of the lawsuit against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 Gujarat riots, with a State Department spokesperson commenting: “We are pleased.”
“We have seen that the complaint brought in Federal District Court against Indian Prime Minister Modi was dismissed, based on the Executive Branch’s brief that PM Modi is entitled to immunity as the sitting head of a Foreign Government,” the spokesperson said, noting courts have “consistently dismissed cases against sitting heads of state and heads of Government on the basis of their immunity”.