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The Union Cabinet today approved the ratification of Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty in Criminal Matters with USA. The understanding/conditions of the Treaty would be:
that assistance provided under the Treaty by India shall not be transferred to or otherwise used to assist any international court or tribunal, unless India has expressly accepted the jurisdiction of such court or tribunal;
that assistance shall be denied if according to information available to the Government of India, any official of the requesting State having access to the information is engaged in a felony, including the facilitation of the production or distribution of illegal drugs; and
that no action under the Treaty could be taken in contravention of the Constitution of India.
The above understanding/conditions would be applied on reciprocal basis, avoiding unilateral use.
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