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London, Feb 25: The trial for the extradition of Bollywood music director Nadeem reached a crucial turning point today with Nadeem's legal team being forced on the back foot. Magistrate Christopher Pratt ruled against the argument made by Clive Nichols, counsel for Nadeem, that the evidence of six key witnesses was not admissible as evidence in an English court.
Nichols had argued that as per the 1989 Extradition Act, the English translation of the evidence submitted was not admissible since it was not the ``original'' evidence which was given in either Hindi or Marathi. Pratt ruled the evidence was admissible and stressed that the requirements of depositions in English courts and those in Indian courts were ``no different.'' He added that, in fact, the depositions from the Indian court ``give more information.''
Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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