A third US court has dismissed a $20 million defamation suit filed by the Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC), which claimed that an advertisement in the New York Times maligned its parent party, its president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul.
The defamation case arose from a full-page advertisement in the New York Times on Oct 6, 2007, levelling several charges against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson's visit to the UN.
The case was "dismissed with prejudice", meaning the matter cannot be tried again, by New Jersey's Middlesex County Judge Nicholas J. Stroumtsos on Wednesday.
The defendants in the case were Satya Dosapati, Naresh Sharma, Sunanda Thali, Mahatma Gandhi Centre and Hindu Temple International Foundation, and Hindu International Council Against Defamation. [link]
Perhaps they really want to go back to the heady days of Indian National Congress - be in control of all the loot, a foreign power runs administration, no hassles of polls etc.
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