Vienna Convention

Can India restrain Italian envoy from leaving the country?

The Supreme Court on Thursday sent a notice to Italian ambassador Daniele Mancini restraining him from leaving the country. But the question is whether the Indian government can really restrain the Italian ambassador from leaving the country without breaching the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations. ...  

Krittika doesn't need diplomatic immunity: lawyer

New York: Krittika Biswas, an Indian diplomat's daughter who was wrongfully arrested on the suspicion of sending obscene emails to a teacher, does not need "diplomatic immunity", her lawyer said on Friday. Ravi Batra said that the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations required the New York City government to inform the consulate of a signatory country if a citizen of that country had been arrested. "The local authorities must make...