Recently, a US civil court issued a summon to National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in a case relating to an alleged murder plot against Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. This issue came to prominence in recent times when Mr Pannum alleged that RAW is attempting to Murder him due to his dissent against India. This necessitates the need to understand the issue of Summoning, the Exercise of Universal Civil Jurisdiction upon which a USA court has issued summons to India and exercise of such provisions in other jurisdictions under International Law.