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India To Sign Off Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty With Several Countries
By KMT Metro Reporter
December 2, 2012: India is likely to sign off ‘Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty’ with countries such as Nepal, Israel, Oman, and Azerbaijan to facilitate access in investigation into crime and service of Letters Rotatory.
"India plans to sign MLAT in criminal matters with Israel, Oman, Azerbaijan and Nepal," India's Ministry of Home Affairs said a reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query.
The MLAT facilitates mutual assistance in prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime, service of summons and other judicial documents, execution of warrants and other judicial commissions and tracing, restraint, forfeiture and confiscation of proceeds and instruments of crimes, writes ‘The Economic Times’ of today.
Currently, India has the treaty in criminal matters signed with 32 countries including Iran, Kuwait, Mauritius, Switzerland, Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam and Kazakhstan.
Besides, there is a mutual legal assistance treaty with Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Egypt, France, Mongolia, Myanmar, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America and Uzbekistan, according to ‘The Economic Times’ of today.
"MLAT in criminal matters has also been signed by India with Kyrgyz Republic, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Malaysia. However, the treaties with the aforesaid countries would enter into force only after the process of exchange of instruments of ratification or issue of ratification notification of the treaty is completed by these countries," the RTI reply said.
