London: The British Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's plea against extradition. Assange will be extradited to Sweden on sexual assault charges. The judge said that the decision was reached with a majority of five to two. Assange wasn't present in the court on Wednesday. "The request for Assange's extradition has been lawfully made and his appeal against extradition is accordingly is dismissed," said Supreme Court president...
02:07 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Extradition treaty, Teesta river water-sharing, land boundary agreeement and newer areas of cooperation are expected to be high on the agenda when the first meeting of India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Commission is held in New Delhi on May 7 and 8. Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni arrives in New Delhi to co-chair the meeting of the Commission with External Affairs Minister SM Krishna when the two sides will jointly...
01:50 AM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Absconding directors of multi-level marketing company Gold Sukh Trade India Ltd, which allegedly duped its investors over Rs 300 crore in Rajasthan, have been extradited to the country from Vietnam, a CBI spokesperson said in New Delhi on Tuesday. Rajasthan Police had requested the CBI to issue Red Corner Notices against directors Mahendra Nirwan, Neetu Nirwan, Manvendra Pratap Singh Chauhan, Pramod alias Bablu Sharma and Asha Sharma based...
05:58 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file an affidavit stating details of proceedings before Portugal's constitutional court where the agency had challenged their high court order quashing the extradition of underworld don Abu Salem. A bench of Justice P Sathasivam and Justice J Chelameswar asked senior counsel Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for the investigating agency, to furnish the details of the proceedings...
01:57 AM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: India has got a breather with the Constitutional Court of Portugal staying the order of its Supreme Court on violation of extradition agreement of underworld don Abu Salem by New Delhi by slapping new charges invoking death penalty. CBI sources said that the Constitutional Court, while admitting India's plea, stayed the order of the Supreme Court of Portugal. India in its plea had also mentioned the recent order...
12:28 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan has approached France-based Interpol for a Red Corner notice against former President Pervez Musharraf, seeking his arrest and extradition to the country over his alleged involvement in the assassination of ex-Premier Benazir Bhutto. The Interior Ministry has forwarded the request to the Interpol Secretariat through the global police organisation's representative in Pakistan, the Dawn newspaper reported on Sunday, quoted sources. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) senior prosecutor, Chaudhry Zulfiqar...
02:49 PM, Mar 04, 2012
New Delhi: In a setback for India, the government has decided to withdraw the additional charges slapped by the TADA court against underworld don Abu Salem. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the CBI after holding consultations with top-level Home Ministry and MEA officials decided to withdraw the charges. The charges go against the terms and conditions under which the underworld don was extradited from Portugal. Sources said that the CBI...
03:38 PM, Feb 22, 2012
This will be the third but not necessarily the last stage in Julian Assange's attempts to resist extradition to Sweden. ...
09:02 AM, Feb 01, 2012
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will appeal to Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday not to extradite him to Sweden over accusations of sex crimes, a move that could push his anti-secrecy website further toward oblivion. Australian-born Assange, 40, became a worldwide celebrity and infuriated the US government in 2010 when WikiLeaks released secret video footage and thousands of US diplomatic cables about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since then,...
08:28 AM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday said that they don't accept Portugal Supreme Court's verdict which recently confirmed the decision to terminate the extradition of underworld don Abu Salem to face trial in various cases in India. The CBI on Tuesday filed its reply in the special TADA court in Mumbai. This reply has been filed after Salem moved the court stating since his extradition had been revoked, no trial...
12:45 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: Upholding a Lisbon High Court order, the Portuguese Supreme Court has ruled against the extradition of the notorious gangster Abu Salem. The SC ruled that India has violated the extradition conditions. The Portuguese apex court was hearing a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging Lisbon High Court order terminating Salem's extradition. The gangster and an accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts was brought to...
08:37 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: In a setback for India, gangster and 1993 Mumbai serial blasts accused Abu Salem may have to go back to Portugal. The Portugal Supreme Court has rejected India's appeal against a Lisbon lower court order cancelling his extradition to India. Salem has moved TADA court seeking closure of the trial against him in 1993 Mumbai blasts, says continuing trial will be illegal. TADA court in Mumbai will hear...
01:44 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI received a shot in the arm after a UK court accepted its evidence against Naval War Room leak accused Ravi Shankaran for his extradition and fixed December 30 as the next date of hearing. Delivering its order on Monday, the Westminster Magistrate court district accepted the evidence submitted by the Crown Prosecution Services on behalf of India for extradition of 46-year-old Shankaran, CBI said on Tuesday....
02:36 PM, Dec 20, 2011
London: Britain's Supreme Court, the country's highest judicial body, said on Friday it had granted permission for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to appeal against extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes. Swedish authorities want to question the 40-year-old Australian, whose website's activities have infuriated the United States, over accusations of rape and sexual assault made by two female former WikiLeaks volunteers in August 2010. Assange, who has been living in...
12:17 AM, Dec 17, 2011
London High Court ruled that Julian Assange can fight his extradition to Sweden now in Britain's top court. ...
08:55 AM, Dec 06, 2011
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