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Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 1985 (Admin)
Case No: AC-2023-LON-002337
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING'S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 29/07/2025
Before:
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE SWEETING
Between:
Hargobind TAHILRAMANI (also known as Gobind Lal Tahil) | Applicant |
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Government of the United States of America (USA) | Respondent |
Edward Fitzgerald KC and Mary Westcott (instructed by Karen Todner Limited) for the Applicant
Joel Smith KC and Nicholas Hearn (instructed by Crown Prosecution Service (Extradition)) for the Respondent
Hearing dates: 3-4 April 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.00am on 29.07.2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
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THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE SWEETING
Mr Justice Sweeting:
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- Introduction
- Acronyms and Short Forms
- Factual Background to the alleged Offences and Extradition Request
- The Extradition Proceedings
- The United States Prison System
- The Grounds of Appeal
- The Test on Appeal
- Compatibility with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
- Compatibility with Article 14 ECHR, read in conjunction with Article 3 ECHR
- Real Risk of More Severe Punishment due to Nationality in CAR Prisons under section 81(b) or on the basis of sexual orientation
- Section 91 of the Extradition Act 2003 – Mental Health and Suicide Risk
- Article 3
- Article 14
- More Severe Punishment by reason of Nationality or Sexual Orientation?
- Mental Health and the Suicide Risk
- Conclusions