Posted 1/4/2024, 2:12:11 PM
Supreme Court Rejects Indian National's Plea for Consular Help in Extradition Case
- Supreme Court rejects plea by Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national detained in Czech prison, for consular access and intervention in extradition case
- Gupta accused by US of plotting to kill pro-Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in US at behest of Indian intelligence
- Court says can't grant prayers in petition due to principles of public international law, sovereignty and comity of courts
- Gupta granted consular access twice as per his own petition
- Gupta charged in US with murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire for alleged plot to kill Pannun