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Canadian Activist and Businessman – Satinder Dhillon’s Transcripts Form Key Part of the Evidence in Karnataka’s High Court’ Intervention Application

On March 14th, 2020, the Karnataka High Court at Bangalore allowed an Intervention Application (IA) seeking a direction to maintain a legal transcripts of court proceedings. The IA was filed in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking audio-video recording of court hearings.

To read more about the case please visit Bar and Bench’s litigation news article below:

https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/karnataka-hc-allows-intervention-application-for-transcript-of-proceedings-in-pil-seeking-audio-video-recording-at-courts

The IA was filed by Amrish Kilachand, a businessman who resides in Mumbai. The application is virtually identical to the one he filed in the Supreme Court of India in 2018 – which was successful.

To read more about the case from 2018 please visit:

https://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/06/prweb15579559.htm

The only piece of evidence attached to Kilachand’s IA in the current case in the Karnataka High Court at Bangalore are transcripts from the well documented case of Canadian activist and businessman, Satinder Dhillon. These were the same transcripts that were relied upon by the Supreme Court of India in 2018.

To read the court filing please visit:

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/fbca090a-7685-40a7-92e2-fe7072004afc/downloads/India%20-%20High%20Court%20of%20Karnataka%20-%20Application.pdf?ver=1587360109877

In Dhillon’s historic and long running case, transcripts from the lower courts were relied upon recently to make an application to the Supreme Court of Canada.

To read more about Dhillon’s case in Canada and its recent filings please visit:

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/freedom-of-speech-at-stake—satinder-dhillon-files-historic-application-with-the-supreme-court-of-canada-asking-for-the-right-to-use-the-truth-in-court-301040660.html

Dhillon who is the founder of Global Strategic Solutions is working in conjunction with the International Legal Alliance (ILA) which was founded by well known Mumbai lawyer, Jamshed Mistry, to bring about change and more transparency to courts around the world.

Both Mistry and Dhillon were present in the Supreme Court of India in Delhi, in 2018, and Mistry will be attending the hearing in Bangalore once it is scheduled. There have been delays in getting the matter heard due to the Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown.

Dhillon was the only non-lawyer who was granted special permission to sit at the advocates table, before the three judges in India’s top court, in 2018 and he was planning on travelling to Bangalore for the hearing as well before Covid-19 hit.

In the 2018, Justice Dipak Misra, in one of his last rulings before he retired, allowed video recordings and transcripts of court proceedings and Kilachand, Mistry and Dhillon’s efforts were successful.

Kilachand who attended university in the United States and has a degree in Business Administration said that he believed the Indian courts needed to modernize their processes to come into the 21st century.

“There needs to be more transparency and the citizens of India deserve proper access to justice. Transcription services are a very important addition that is needed in our legal system”. These were Kilachand’s sentiments going into the case before Misra in 2018.

Dhillon echoed Kilachand’s sentiments and added “in today’s world how can it be that all court hearings aren’t recorded already? If it weren’t for transcripts I would have suffered even more than I did at the hands of the Canadian system. At least the filmmakers, documentarians and the higher courts can read right directly from the court records to see what actually happened each and every day of the trial”.

“Also when we apply to the International Court in the Hague – the court there will be able to read each and every word exchanged in the courts in Canada” added Dhillon.

“We believe what happened to Mr. Dhillon in Canada is a human rights violation and having the benefit of having each and every word recorded and transcribed is what has saved us and allowed us to continue forward. I cannot imagine what we would have done if there were no transcripts”.

“We are glad the work we did in Canada is helping the courts in India. That alone has made the hardships worth going through” stated Emmet Pierce – who resides in Canada and assisted Dhillon in his case.

Dhillon’s case has become so well known around the world that a movie is being written about it by India’s top screenwriter, Mr. Anjum Rajabali.

To read more about the movie please visit:

India’s Top Screenwriter Delivers Aamir Khan and Priyanka Chopra’s Next Script And Is Going To Write Biopic About Modern Day Revolutionary – Satinder Dhillon Next:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/10/prweb14758274.htm

In 2018, Dhillon traveled to India as a part of the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau’s, trade delegation. He then stayed behind to make sure he was present to assist the lawyers involved in the Supreme Court of India case.

“I know both Mr. Kilachand and Mr. Dhillon very well and I commend them both for their efforts in courtrooms in India and in Canada”

“I travel to Canada often as I am a member of the Canadian Bar Association as well and I’ve seen the good and the bad in both countries”.

“Our goal is to help fill in the gaps that remain in both countries and their court systems. Intervention Applications like Mr. Kilachands are much needed. Someone has to take the initiative to change things and being the founder of the International Legal Alliance it is part of our mandate to help bring about this change”.

“I will be traveling back to Canada later this year, hopefully, after the Covid-19 lockdown ends to follow up with Mr. Dhillon with regards to the next steps in his ongoing legal battle there which I have been advising him on for many years” stated Mistry who resides in Mumbai.