Jassi Honor Killing : Mother, uncle to be extradited to India
Vancouver , December 12 , 2018 : A mother and uncle accused of orchestrating the murder of a Maple Ridge woman Jaswinder Jassi Sidhu in India 18 years ago are likely to be extradited to India soon. NEWS 1130 has reported that Jassi 's mother Malkiat kaur Sidhu and her uncle ( Mama ) have lost a last-ditch effort to avoid extradition to that country.
Jaswinder “Jassi” Sidhu’s so-called “honour killing” shocked the Lower Mainland.
In September 2017 , Canada’s top court had ordered Malkit Kaur Sidhu and Surjit Badesha to go to India and face justice. They are accused of setting up the murder of their daughter because she married a poor Auto-rickshaw driver -Mithu.
A team of Punjab Police had gone to Canada but the team had to return to India empty handed.
But both accused avoided extradition by asking the courts for yet another review. They claimed the government had violated their rights by whisking them to Toronto, and almost onto a flight to India — without letting them talk to their lawyers.
They wanted a review of Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould’s decision to surrender them to authorities in India.
NEWS 1130 further reported that the B.C. Court of Appeal on Tuesday , blasted the government for abuse of process — but says it’s not enough to warrant halting the extradition.
“In our view, the Minister’s decisions not to accept the applicants’ submissions of “new” evidence … were reasonable,” the appeal court justices said in written reasons.
“The Minister was right to express concern for an effective, expeditious extradition process and respect for the principle of finality. It was reasonable for the Minister to conclude that it was in the interests of justice to surrender the applicants.”
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Click at the link to read copy of the order of the Supreme Court of Canada :
https://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/ca/18/04/2018BCCA0470.htm
https://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/ca/18/04/2018BCCA0470.htm