Cabinet approves the Extradition Treaty between India and Lithuania
October 5 , 2017 2512 days 1065 0
Centre has approved signing of an extradition treaty between India and Lithuania.
The treaty provides a mutual legal framework for seeking deportation of terrorists, economic offenders and other criminals.
India has signed extradition treaties with 37 countries and extradition arrangements with eight other nations.
Extradition Treaty Vs Arrangement
An extradition treaty is a mutually agreed text signed and ratified by two Governments.
The arrangement is made in the absence of an extradition treaty on the assurance of reciprocity including under an international convention.
In the arrangement, two countries consider any international convention as the legal basis for extradition in respect of any offence to which the convention applies.
It does not cover all offences.
For e.g India has signed extradition arrangement with Italy.
India and Italy are both States are Parties to the 1988 UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
This Convention has been notified under the Extradition Act by the Government of India.
Thus the legal basis for extradition will be based on this convention