Govt fails to submit documents for Quattrocchi's extradition
The Indian Government failed to submit requisite documents to an Argentine court to secure the extradition of Ottavio Quattrocchi, an accused in the Bofors case, according to the overseas court's order placed before the Supreme Court by the CBI on...
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: The Indian Government failed to submit requisite documents to an Argentine court to secure the extradition of Ottavio Quattrocchi, an accused in the Bofors case, according to the overseas court's order placed before the Supreme Court by the CBI on Tuesday.
Sixtynine year old Quattrocchi walked to freedom after the El Dorado court rejected India's plea for his extradition on June 8, 2007.
"Government of Republic of India has failed to submit a court resolution ordering the issuance of the arrest order, dated May 25, 1997, which is the origin and reason of the commencement of these proceeding," the Argentine court order translated from Spanish to English by the agency said.
"Furthermore, the Government of India has attached a copy of the arrest order and of the court resolution dated February 24, 2007 which provides no pertinent grounds for arrest," the order said.
The agency had to place its own translated copy of the order as it failed to secure the certified translated copy from the Argentine court.
"Despite our best effort to secure the translated copy of the order from the Argentine court we have failed," Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium said before a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan.
The El Dorado Court had held that "since the documentation submitted by India does not meet the requirements of Argentine law, the extradition order against Quattrocchi cannot be sustained".
Sixtynine year old Quattrocchi walked to freedom after the El Dorado court rejected India's plea for his extradition on June 8, 2007.
"Government of Republic of India has failed to submit a court resolution ordering the issuance of the arrest order, dated May 25, 1997, which is the origin and reason of the commencement of these proceeding," the Argentine court order translated from Spanish to English by the agency said.
"Furthermore, the Government of India has attached a copy of the arrest order and of the court resolution dated February 24, 2007 which provides no pertinent grounds for arrest," the order said.
The agency had to place its own translated copy of the order as it failed to secure the certified translated copy from the Argentine court.
"Despite our best effort to secure the translated copy of the order from the Argentine court we have failed," Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium said before a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan.
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The El Dorado Court had held that "since the documentation submitted by India does not meet the requirements of Argentine law, the extradition order against Quattrocchi cannot be sustained".
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