Current Events > Supreme Court of Canada to hear 'honour killing' extradition case.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-honour-killing-1.4028725

A long-running legal battle heads to the Supreme Court on Monday as two B.C. residents accused of arranging the honour-killing of a young relative in India continue to fight the federal government's efforts to extradite them.
Jaswinder (Jassi) Sidhu was found dead in a canal in India in 2000.

India has been trying for years to extradite Malkit Sidhu and Surjit Badesha, both of Maple Ridge, B.C., to face trial.

They are the mother and uncle of Sidhu, a B.C. woman whose body was dumped after her throat was slashed in Punjab. Her young husband, Sukhwinder (Mithu) Sidhu, was badly beaten and left for dead.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/supreme-court-to-hear-extradition-case-for-mother-and-uncle-accused-in-india-honour-killing

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will hear a Crown appeal in the extradition case of a mother and uncle accused in connection with a so-called honour killing in India.

Jaswinder (Jassi) Sidhu was stabbed to death in Punjab in June 2000; her mother, Malkit Kaur Sidhu, and uncle, Surjit Singh Badesha, are accused of murder and conspiracy in India.

In 2014, a British Columbia Supreme Court judge ordered them committed for extradition to India to face the charges, prompting then-justice minister Peter MacKay to issue a surrender order.
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it makes no sense how a mom could do that to her own daughter

Tezlok posted...

it makes no sense how a mom could do that to her own daughter

You can thank paternal religious dogma
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Good luck
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Yep.

Thats the story I expected.
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In court, the Crown alleged the pair orchestrated the murder because Sidhu had married a poor rickshaw driver in India, rather than the wealthy older man they preferred. Four men have already been convicted of murder in India in the case.

Sidhu and Badesha appealed the extradition, raising a number of grounds, including that they might be tortured or neglected in Indian jails.

In a split ruling in February, The British Columbia Court of Appeal set aside the minister’s order.

“In my view, there is a valid basis for concern that the applicants will be subjected to violence, torture and/or neglect if surrendered,” Justice Ian Donald said in his reasons for judgment.

The judge concluded that the minister’s decision to accept assurances from India that the health and safety of the accused would be protected was not reasonable.

“The minister cannot give effect to his surrender orders by sending the applicants to India until he receives assurances that are meaningful and likely to be effective.”

As usual, the high court gave no reasons for agreeing to hear the case.

This is like, a really tricky one. Because while what they did is fucking awful and they deserve death, you're also sending them back to India where you know their safety isn't guaranteed and you really can't set that legal precedent. Hmm

The Great Muta 22 posted...

This is like, a really tricky one. Because while what they did is fucking awful and they deserve death, you're also sending them back to India where you know their safety isn't guaranteed and you really can't set that legal precedent. Hmm

That's their fucking problem to be honest.

I have no problem with them being extradition whatsoever. It's a joke if they aren't honestly.
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this is fucked up. who cares about these people? they are scum

Th3Truth posted...

The Great Muta 22 posted...

In court, the Crown alleged the pair orchestrated the murder because Sidhu had married a poor rickshaw driver in India, rather than the wealthy older man they preferred. Four men have already been convicted of murder in India in the case.

Sidhu and Badesha appealed the extradition, raising a number of grounds, including that they might be tortured or neglected in Indian jails.

In a split ruling in February, The British Columbia Court of Appeal set aside the minister’s order.

“In my view, there is a valid basis for concern that the applicants will be subjected to violence, torture and/or neglect if surrendered,” Justice Ian Donald said in his reasons for judgment.

The judge concluded that the minister’s decision to accept assurances from India that the health and safety of the accused would be protected was not reasonable.

“The minister cannot give effect to his surrender orders by sending the applicants to India until he receives assurances that are meaningful and likely to be effective.”

As usual, the high court gave no reasons for agreeing to hear the case.

This is like, a really tricky one. Because while what they did is fucking awful and they deserve death, you're also sending them back to India where you know their safety isn't guaranteed and you really can't set that legal precedent. Hmm

Why not? The way you say it, it's like you're saying India is a lesser country...

India is not a lesser country! It is clearly equal if not greater than the United States!
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pinky0926 posted...

Tezlok posted...

it makes no sense how a mom could do that to her own daughter

You can thank paternal religious dogma

More like maternal.
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Superpower by 2020.
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

Because while what they did is fucking awful and they deserve death, you're also sending them back to India where you know their safety isn't guaranteed

Who cares? They deserve anything done to them.
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

In court, the Crown alleged the pair orchestrated the murder because Sidhu had married a poor rickshaw driver in India, rather than the wealthy older man they preferred. Four men have already been convicted of murder in India in the case.

Sidhu and Badesha appealed the extradition, raising a number of grounds, including that they might be tortured or neglected in Indian jails.

In a split ruling in February, The British Columbia Court of Appeal set aside the minister’s order.

“In my view, there is a valid basis for concern that the applicants will be subjected to violence, torture and/or neglect if surrendered,” Justice Ian Donald said in his reasons for judgment.

The judge concluded that the minister’s decision to accept assurances from India that the health and safety of the accused would be protected was not reasonable.

“The minister cannot give effect to his surrender orders by sending the applicants to India until he receives assurances that are meaningful and likely to be effective.”

As usual, the high court gave no reasons for agreeing to hear the case.

This is like, a really tricky one. Because while what they did is fucking awful and they deserve death, you're also sending them back to India where you know their safety isn't guaranteed and you really can't set that legal precedent. Hmm

1) Extraditions will always be on a case-by-case basis, no need to worry about setting precedent.

2) Send them to India to be tortured, jail them in Canada for life, either way who really cares what happens to them?
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i have a friend in Maple Ridge damn
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Delta_F14 posted...

Superpower by 2020.

I can see it

Damn
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