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it wasn't to start with. but now it will become one due to this immense publicity this episode is gaining.
Devyani Khobragade gets full diplomatic immunity after transfer
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it wasn't to start with. but now it will become one due to this immense publicity this episode is gaining.
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bad nosedive at cost of real problems
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He is handling the case. And you thing Lawyers don't lie ?
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He is handling the case. And you thing Lawyers don't lie ?
am saying how will your lawyer prove own lies ?
Witty respond, lawyer lies when they open their mouth and speak.
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No retroactive immunity for Khobragade, US says
Chidanand Rajghatta,TNN | Dec 20, 2013, 02.24 AM IST
WASHINGTON: The US state department said on Thursday that any diplomatic immunity for Devyani Khobragade, the Indian consular official charged with visa fraud, would start from the day she is confirmed to the new job at the United Nations (to where New Delhi has reassigned her), and such immunity will not apply retroactively.
State department spokeswoman Marie Harf said at the daily briefing that Washington is yet to receive any official notice from the UN regarding the re-accreditation, but indicated that any re-assignment that comes about as a result will not necessarily stop the judicial process against Khobragade.
"We'd like to see the judicial process play out," Harf said. "Nobody is walking away from the charges... the judicial process is independent of the state department"
Harf's remarks, in effect, meant that the state department, even as it tried to contain and repair the damage from the diplomatic fiasco amid hectic negotiations with the Indian government, deferred to the justice department in proceeding with the case against Khobragade. "Does it look like it will end any time soon?" Harf said bleakly when asked when she expected the matter to be resolved.
The spokeswoman skirted questions on the reported rift between the state department and the justice department, but asserted there is no pressure on the US attorney's office to drop the case against Khobragade.
She also confirmed that the US government had taken steps to re-unite the housekeeper - known in MEA parlance as India-based Domestic Assistant (IbDA) - with her family that had been evacuated from New Delhi. "We are aware of the existence of allegations that the family was intimidated in India. We take those allegations serious," she said in response to the rationale behind the evacuation.
She also confirmed that the father-in-law of the IbDA was employed by a US diplomat of the American embassy in New Delhi in a personal capacity.
When a journalist described a similar case involving a Saudi diplomat and asked about the discrepancy in the treatment in the Indian case, Harf said "each case is different" and she did not want to make a comparison.
No retroactive immunity for Khobragade, US says - The Times of India
Chidanand Rajghatta,TNN | Dec 20, 2013, 02.24 AM IST
WASHINGTON: The US state department said on Thursday that any diplomatic immunity for Devyani Khobragade, the Indian consular official charged with visa fraud, would start from the day she is confirmed to the new job at the United Nations (to where New Delhi has reassigned her), and such immunity will not apply retroactively.
State department spokeswoman Marie Harf said at the daily briefing that Washington is yet to receive any official notice from the UN regarding the re-accreditation, but indicated that any re-assignment that comes about as a result will not necessarily stop the judicial process against Khobragade.
"We'd like to see the judicial process play out," Harf said. "Nobody is walking away from the charges... the judicial process is independent of the state department"
Harf's remarks, in effect, meant that the state department, even as it tried to contain and repair the damage from the diplomatic fiasco amid hectic negotiations with the Indian government, deferred to the justice department in proceeding with the case against Khobragade. "Does it look like it will end any time soon?" Harf said bleakly when asked when she expected the matter to be resolved.
The spokeswoman skirted questions on the reported rift between the state department and the justice department, but asserted there is no pressure on the US attorney's office to drop the case against Khobragade.
She also confirmed that the US government had taken steps to re-unite the housekeeper - known in MEA parlance as India-based Domestic Assistant (IbDA) - with her family that had been evacuated from New Delhi. "We are aware of the existence of allegations that the family was intimidated in India. We take those allegations serious," she said in response to the rationale behind the evacuation.
She also confirmed that the father-in-law of the IbDA was employed by a US diplomat of the American embassy in New Delhi in a personal capacity.
When a journalist described a similar case involving a Saudi diplomat and asked about the discrepancy in the treatment in the Indian case, Harf said "each case is different" and she did not want to make a comparison.
No retroactive immunity for Khobragade, US says - The Times of India
