{"id":18326,"date":"2018-07-30T18:34:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T22:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=18326"},"modified":"2018-07-30T18:34:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T22:34:16","slug":"choksi-goes-to-court-to-block-extradition-to-indian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/choksi-goes-to-court-to-block-extradition-to-indian\/","title":{"rendered":"Choksi goes to court to block extradition to Indian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The government says the lawyer for fraud accused Mehul Choksi has filed a case in the High Court today seeking to block the extradition his client.<\/p>

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The billionaire diamond trader is represented by Dr. David Dorsette.<\/p>\n

He is asking for a declaration from the Court that Mr. Choksi is, by virtue of Section 119.1 of the Constitution a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda; that no lawful basis exists for the extradition of Mr. Choksi under Section 5 of the 1993 Extradition Act.<\/p>

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He will also argue that in the absence of the extradition arrangements, Mr. Choksi was not liable to be detained for purposes of expulsion, extradition or another lawful removal at the request of the Indian Government.<\/p>

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The government said earlier that no extradition treaty exists with Indian, however, the state reported today that new information has come to light which demonstrates that an extradition may be possible.<\/p>\n

According to a government statement, Attorney-General Steadroy \u2018Cutie\u2019 Benjamin subsequently informed that research by his legal team had uncovered the existence of a Statutory Instrument No 34\/2001 \u00a0the Extradition Designated (Commonwealth Countries) (Amendment Order)made by the Minister under Section 7 of the Extradition Act 12\/1993 which expressly brings India under the ambit of bilateral extradition arrangements.<\/p>

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High Commissioner of India H.E. V. Mahalingam met with the government today.<\/p>\n

He is seeking the cooperation of the Antigua and Barbuda authorities in detaining Mr. Choksi and revoking his citizenship.<\/p>

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