This form is a Complaint. This action was filed by the plaintiff due to a strip search which was conducted upon his/her person after an arrest. The plaintiff requests that he/she be awarded compensatory damages and punitive damages for the alleged violation of his/her constitutional rights.
Strip Search Of Indian Diplomat In Cook
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Turning out to be an Indian diplomat requires a three-stage test in the UPSC exam. The Union Public Service Commission exams are one of the toughest exams in India that requires persistence to pass all three stages of preparation. The three-stage test includes a prelims exam, mains exam, and interview.
Khobragade was arrested the next day by U.S. federal law enforcement authorities, subjected to a "strip search", presented to a judge, and released the same day. Her arrest and treatment received much media attention particularly in India, and led to a diplomatic row between India and the United States.
In the case of an offense committed by a member of a diplomat's family, the diplomat and his or her entire family may be expelled. Diplomatic visas of serious offenders are canceled, and their names are entered into a worldwide lookout system to keep them from returning to the United States.
Foreign diplomats and ambassadors enjoy diplomatic immunity, which means they are not subject to the laws and jurisdiction of the host country in which they are serving. This immunity extends to both criminal and civil laws, which means they cannot be sued or prosecuted in the host country.
Court has no jurisdiction to entertain a suit against a nonresident foreigner in respect of personal claims.
Diplomatic immunity is a legal immunity that grants diplomats safe passage and protects the from prosecution or any other form of legal proceedings from laws of the host country. It however does not stop the host country in expelling the diplomat in question.
Diplomatic immunity is a principle of international law by which certain foreign government officials are not subject to the jurisdiction of local courts and other authorities for both their official and, to a large extent, their personal activities.
You can request the diplomat's home country to waive their immunity, but there is no guarantee that they will comply. Pursue legal action in the diplomat's home country: If the diplomat returns to their home country, you may be able to pursue legal action against them in their home country's legal system.
To be an Indian Diplomat you have to join Indian Foreign Service. For that a exam is conducted every year that is UPSC-CSE (Union Public Service Commission-Civil Service Exam).
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts Civil Services Exam and a candidate who desires to become an Ambassador of India then he/she has to take this exam. The Indian Foreign Service IFS is a Central Service and the chief diplomatic service in the country.