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Extradition Act, 1962

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ABU SALEM ABDUL KAYYUM ANSARIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

2022 INSC 671Disposed off

Abu Salem Abdul Kayyum Ansari, a convicted terrorist, was arrested in Portugal on a fake passport, sentenced there and later extradited to India after the Government of India gave a solemn sovereign assurance that he would not face the death penalty or imprisonment beyond 25 years. The appellant …

VERHOEVEN, MARIE-EMMANUELLEversusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2016 INSC 354Dismissed

Marie‑Emmanuelle Verhoeven, a French national, was arrested in India on a provisional basis under Section 34‑B of the Extradition Act, 1962 following a request from the Chilean Embassy for her extradition in connection with the 1991 assassination of a Chilean senator. The petitioner challenged the …

ABU SALEM ABDUL QAYYUM ANSARIversusCENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION & ANR.

2013 INSC 512Disposed off

Abu Salem, an accused in the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts, was extradited from Portugal to India in 2005 on the assurance that he would not face the death penalty or imprisonment beyond 25 years. After his return, the Designated Court framed additional charges beyond those covered by the extradition, …

ABU SALEM ABDUL QAYOOM ANSARIversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR.

2010 INSC 602Dismissed

Abu Salem, an absconding accused in the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts, was arrested in Portugal and extradited to India under the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the Indian Extradition Act, 1962 (applied to Portugal by a 2002 notification). Portugal granted …

BHAVESH JAYANTI LAKHANIversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS.

2009 INSC 1038Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, an Indian citizen, married a US citizen and had a daughter. A US probate court granted temporary custody of the child to the mother, but the appellant allegedly forged documents and took the child to India, violating the custody order. The US court issued arrest warrants which were …

SARABJIT RICK SINGHversusUNION OF INDIA

2007 INSC 1272Dismissed

The United States requested the extradition of Sarabjit Rick Singh on drug‑trafficking and money‑laundering charges, and the Indian government directed an Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate to conduct an enquiry under the Extradition Act, 1962. Singh challenged the magistrate’s order, arguing …

OM PRAKASH SRIVASTAVAversusUNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

2006 INSC 463Disposed off

Om Prakash Srivastava, extradited from Singapore, filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court under Article 226 alleging violation of the Extradition Act and inhuman prison conditions in Uttar Pradesh. The Delhi High Court held that it might have jurisdiction but that the Allahabad High Court …

DAYA SINGH LAHORIAversusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

2001 INSC 212Disposed off

Daya Singh Lahoria was extradited from the United States to India under an extradition decree that listed specific offences. After his return, Indian authorities sought to try him for additional offences, including those under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, which were not …

ROSILINE GEORGEversusUOI & ORS.

1993 INSC 323Dismissed

George Kutty Kuncheria, an Indian citizen, was arrested in Kerala following a U.S. request for his extradition on charges of embezzlement and related offences. The United States supplied authenticated documents, and the Indian Government ordered a magisterial inquiry under the Extradition Act, 1962. …