Mumbai terror attack case: U.S. govt urges Supreme Court to dismiss Rana’s petition for writ of certiorari
The Hindu
US government urges Supreme Court to deny Tahawwur Rana's extradition to India in Mumbai terror attack case.
The United States government has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss “the petition for a writ of certiorari” filed by Mumbai-attack convict Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, against his extradition to India.
India is seeking the extradition of Rana as he is wanted in the Mumbai terror attack case. Having lost the legal battle in lower courts and several federal courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the North Circuit in San Francisco, Rana on November 13 filed a “petition for a writ of certiorari” before the U.S. Supreme Court.
In a long battle, this is Rana's last legal chance to not be extradited to India.
“The petition for a writ of certiorari should be denied,” U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar said in its filing before the Supreme Court on December 16, 2024.
“Rana is not entitled to relief from extradition to India in this case,” she argued in a 20-page submission.
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In his “petition for a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit”, Rana has argued that he was tried and acquitted in the federal court in the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago) on charges relating to the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai. “India now seeks to extradite him for trial on charges based on the identical conduct at issue in the Chicago case,” the plea has said.
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