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India has approached Portugal's Supreme Court, challenging its high court order which had terminated the extradition of underworld don Abu Salem for breach of agreement by India, which has slapping charges which may attract death penalty. India, in its appeal before the Portuguese Supreme Court, has said the interpretation of the high court of the trial in various courts of the country was not correct.
The Mumbai police's crime branch on Tuesday submitted to a local court that the two arrested accused opened fire outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's house 'in an attempt to kill him'.
Hearing an application filed by Salem in which the gangster sought to be recalled claiming that the extradition conditions are being violated, Portugal's apex court said that his claims are yet to be ascertained. It, however, gave a clear warning to India that future requests will not be entertained easily if Salem's claim of violation of the conditions is found to be true.
Talking to journalists, Bedi expressed fear that she would be tortured if she returned to India.
Believed to be underworld don Abu Salem's girlfriend, the former actress had sought asylum in Portugal claiming she would face 'discrimination' by the Indian government as she belonged to a minority community.
She has cited discrimination against minorities in India among reasons for seeking asylum.
Portugal's Supreme Court has rejected a Central Bureau of Investigation appeal against a lower court decision which had held that rules have been breached on extradition of underworld don Abu Salem by slapping of new charges that attract death penalty.
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Salem had said his sentence could not exceed 25 years as per a solemn assurance given by India to Portugal for his extradition in 2002.
Two men arrested for firing outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's residence in Mumbai had conducted a survey of his farm house at Panvel in adjoining Raigad district four days before the shooting incident, police said on Thursday.
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The Bombay high court on Thursday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation, seeking reply to a petition filed by extradited gangster Abu Salem, which expresses fear that he would be killed or implicated in a false case by the Indian authorities.
The Supreme Court on Monday granted two weeks to the Centre to analyse a Portugal court's order -- terminating the extradition of Abu Salem to India -- and spell out its proposed action against the alleged gangster. A bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam granted the time after Attorney General G E Vahanwati submitted that the government needs time to go through the judgment as the order is in Portuguese language and has to be first translated in English.
Observing that the order of Portugal court terminating the extradition of Abu Salem to India has to be respected, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act proceedings in two cases against the alleged gangster.
CBI sources said the gangster's remand was to end on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of actress Monika Bedi, girlfriend of underworld don Abu Salem, in the fake passport case, but reduced her sentence to the period of jail term she had already undergone. A bench of justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar rejected Monika's plea that she could not be convicted in India as it would amount to 'double jeopardy' since she had been convicted by the Portugal court for the same offence.
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The Supreme Court held that the verdict of Portugal court is "not binding" on courts here and Salem's extradition to India is still "valid in the eyes of law".
India will approach the constitutional court of Portugal challenging the decision of that country's supreme court which recently confirmed the decision to terminate the extradition of fugitive underworld don Abu Salem to face trial in various cases in India.
A constitutional court of Portugal rejected the review petition of underworld don Abu Salem's girlfriend Monica Bedi against her extradition.
A special TADA court in Mumbai on Tuesday rejected the application of gangster Abu Salem, seeking closure of his trial, after the Central Bureau of Investigation said it had challenged the order of Portugal supreme court, which had terminated his extradition to India in that country's constitutional court.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on gangster Abu Salem plea for quashing trials against him in various cases after the Portugal court terminated his extradition to India for "violation" of deportation rules by authorities.
In more than a decade since 2002, 60 fugitives were extradited or deported by foreign governments to India, which received a major victory in its fight to bring the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks to justice when a US federal court agreed to the extradition of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana to the country.
The Supreme Court on Thursday took strong exception of an affidavit filed by the Union home secretary on a plea by gangster Abu Salem, challenging his life imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, and said it is an "attempt to lecture the judiciary".
Hardening further its stand on 'Modigate', the Congress on Tuesday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored special investigation team probe into the "scandal".
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Eight accused of football hooliganism in Portugal have vowed to challenge any ban orders slapped on them by the courts. \n\n
'As Rana is not an Indian citizen, our leverage on the US system -- whether it's their judiciary or the executive -- is very limited in that sense.'
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The official communication was received by the Central Bureau of Investigation today, sources said in New Delhi
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A Delhi Court on Saturday issued notice to the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, seeking his response as to why underworld don Abu Salem was extradited instead of being deported to India from Portugal in 2005, to face trial in criminal cases including the 1992 Mumbai blasts case.The extradition of the don was conditional and came with restrictions on the number of cases on which he could be tried and the quantum of sentence.
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A TADA court on Tuesday directed the Thane police commissioner to conduct an inquiry after a media report claimed gangster Abu Salem, an accused in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, had married on a train while being escorted by police to Lucknow for a court hearing.
'In today's world, it is difficult for public pressure to work against a country like India.'
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