EXTRADITION

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• Meaning:
  • Extradition is a process where one governmental authority formally returns an alleged criminal to another governmental authority for prosecution for a criminal charge.
    
    
  • It is initiated when a person commits a crime in country and flees to another country.
    
    
  
  
  
• Extradition vs deportation:
  • Unlike deportation, extradition is a judicial process.
    
    
  • g. in India a request to extradite an accused can be initiated only after a chargesheet is filed before the court and the court seeks the presence of the accused to face trial.
    
    
  
  
  
• Extradition treaties & arrangements:
  • In India, the extradition of a fugitive from India to a foreign country or vice-versa is governed by the provisions of Indian Extradition Act, 1962.
    
    
  • To ensure extradition, extradition treaties exists between nations. India currently (as of June 2018) has extradition treaties with 48 countries. The U.K. is among them.