INDIA
Financial Times
NEW DELHI: The Centre today assured the Delhi High Court that it will not extradite to the US till November 10 an Indian Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl there during his stay in 2004.
The submission made before Justice Pratibha Rani has come as a relief for Reverend Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul as he was scheduled to be extradited to the US today evening on an United Airlines flight.
Jeyapaul, 59, moved the court after his representation to the Centre challenging a trial court order recommending his extradition was rejected by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on October 30 and order to extradite him was issued on October 31.
The court listed the matter for further hearing on November 10, by when MEA will file its response to Jeyapaul’s plea.
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