Chandigarh, April 26 -- A Canadian court has granted a last-minute stay on the deportation of Punjab-origin truck driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, responsible for the 2018 bus crash that killed 16 members of a Canadian junior hockey team and injured 13 others by jumping the red light. The stay temporarily prevented his removal from Canada just days before he was scheduled to be sent to India on Monday morning, according to local media reports. The emergency order, issued by Justice Jocelyne Gagne, paused Sidhu's deportation while the court reviews his petition. Sidhu, 36, who came to Canada from Punjab in 2013, is fighting to remain in the country on humanitarian and compassionate grounds after the Canada Border Services Agency refused to delay his removal. He had crashed his semi-trailer into a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team at an intersection near the town of Armley in Saskatchewan province on April 6, 2018. Driving almost at the speed of 100 kmph, Sidhu didn't heed the red light signal, ramming his semi-trailer into the bus, which was approaching the intersection, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others. Sidhu was new to truck driving and had been on the job less than a month before the tragedy, CTV News had reported. In March 2018, Sidhu was sentenced to eight years for each of the 16 deaths and five years for dangerous driving. He was granted full parole in 2023, but his permanent residency was revoked in 2024, and the Canada Border Services Agency had recommended that he be deported to India. The federal court had earlier dismissed applications from Sidhu's lawyer, who had argued border officials did not consider his client's previously clean criminal record and remorse. Local media websites have been hosting petitions to have Sidhu deported from Canada immediately in a bid to bring justice to the family and friends of those killed in the crash....