The correspondent filing this dispatch is a law student in Mumbai who must remain anonymous.

Two high-profile extradition cases unfolding this month highlight India’s obligations under domestic and international law: the potential extradition of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India, and India’s efforts to extradite diamond merchant Mehul Choksi from Belgium.

Sheikh Hasina, who served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh for nearly 20 years across multiple terms, was ousted in 2024 after political upheaval and fled to India in August. Earlier this week, she was sentenced to death in absentia by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for crimes against humanity , particularly in the context of the student uprising of 2024. While India has not received a forma

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