IN RE NARESHPARSARAM BUTANI… – sllr 1991 volume 1 page 350

In the case between Naresh Parsaram Butani (petitioner) and the State of Sri Lanka (respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether the petitioner’s committal for extradition to Australia was lawful under Extradition Law No. 8 of 1977. It was determined that the offences in question qualified as extraditable, and a prima facie case was established through documentary and testimonial evidence, notwithstanding a ten-year delay and the petitioner’s personal circumstances. The court dismissed the application for a writ of habeas corpus, affirming that the committal order was justified and that the legal principles of sufficiency of evidence and strict interpretation of extradition requirements were upheld. Reliance was placed on statutory interpretation, precedent concerning committal in