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Topic: extradition

A paper tiger? Why 1987 extradition treaty with Canada has brought back just 6 fugitives to India

Hurdles including paperwork and lobbying by Sikh separatists have hampered India’s efforts to bring back fugitives from Canada.

Sidhu Moosewala murder: Sachin Bishnoi extradited from Azerbaijan, sent to 10-day police custody

Bishnoi was brought to a court in Delhi Tuesday. A team of Delhi Police Special Cell had reached Baku to bring back Bishnoi who was detained a few days back in Azerbaijan.

Assange loses latest attempt to fight extradition to US, will renew appeal next week

Julian Assange is wanted by U.S. authorities on 18 charges relating to WikiLeaks' release of vast troves of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables.

Australia grants extradition of ex-US marine accused of training Chinese military pilots

Daniel Duggan, arrested in Australia in October is accused of breaking US arms control laws by training Chinese military pilots, according to a 2017 indictment by a US court.

Nirav Modi exhausts all legal remedies to stay in UK, political asylum now last hope

Modi, who is accused in Punjab National Bank fraud case, has lost his bid to move UK Supreme Court against extradition to India. Political asylum request still pending with UK govt.

UK court approves extradition of fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari

The 60-year-old faced two extradition requests from the Indian authorities, the first related to money laundering and the second to tax evasion.

Out of jail in 2030 — how Abu Salem pushed India to honour its promise to Portugal

1993 Mumbai blasts convict Abu Salem fought two rounds of litigation with govt and won both, thanks to a 2002 extradition ‘assurance’ given by India to Portugal.

UK approves extradition of Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange to the US

Assange’s legal team is expected to cross appeal, which means he could stay in the UK longer.

Why CBI has booked Indians for ‘theft, embezzlement’ committed in UAE & Saudi Arabia

Cases registered under special treaty that allows CBI to locally prosecute Indians accused of crimes in Saudi Arabia and UAE — instead of extraditing them.

UK court hears Nirav Modi’s appeal against extradition to India on mental health grounds

Opening the appeal on behalf of Nirav Modi, Edward Fitzgerald QC argued that he is at high risk of suicide already and his condition is likely to deteriorate further in Mumbai.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.