Indira Gandhi fails again in suit against ex-IGP, govt over missing daughter
However, Court of Appeal says today's ruling does not grant police immunity or diminish their duty to execute the arrest warrant for her former husband.
The former Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, has lost her most recent legal attempt to hold a former Inspector-General of Police and the government responsible for the abduction of her daughter in 2008. The Court of Appeal unanimously rejected her appeal against the 2023 High Court decision that had previously dismissed her lawsuit.
The three-judge bench ruled that Indira could not prove a causal connection between the police's actions or inactions and the emotional harm she claimed to have endured. The court found that her daughter's emotional distress stemmed from her father's actions, not those of the police. Indira had accused the former IGP and government officials of deliberately disregarding a court order and failing to investigate or recover her daughter, Prasana Diksa, who was subsequently taken by her estranged husband.
Despite the court's ruling, Indira maintained that she would consult her legal counsel regarding her next steps.
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