Three men from Surrey have won a default judgement in a civil lawsuit against Radio India and several employees.
Radio India is a Surrey-based station that broadcasts ethnic-language programming to South Asian listeners from a transmitter in Washington State.
The B.C. Supreme Court judgement, released last week, says defendants Maninder Singh Gill, Professor Gurdev Singh, Tejinder Singh Sekhon, Irfan Rana, Pritpaul Singh Baraich and Amritpaul Singh Brar "failed to file and serve a response" to a civil claim.
The claim referred to was filed last August in New Westminster by Harjit Atwal, Jaspal Atwal and Harkirat Kular, alleging defamation and libel over a series of comments that aired on Radio India.
The judgement orders the defendants to pay the plaintiffs' damages and any other costs, which have yet to be assessed.
Gill, who runs Radio India, is also facing numerous weapons charges in connection with a shooting outside a wedding at Guru Nanak Sikh Temple on Aug. 28, 2010 during which Harjit Atwal was shot in the leg. Gill is scheduled to appear in Surrey Provincial Court Thursday morning on those charges.