Supreme Court of India

C. Sivasankaran v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 9 S.C.R. 589
Bench A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and C.T. Ravikumar JJ.
Decided 7 December 2021

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Diplomats/Ambassadors – Diplomatic immunity – Ambassador- at-large – Relief(s) claimed in writ petition before Hi gh Court on the assertion that the petitioner being an Ambassado r-at-large of Seychelles, enjoys diplomatic immunity and, therefo re, cannot be proceeded with before the Courts in India much less by way of criminal action – Argument rejected by High Court – Pr opriety – Held: Proper – For, the petitioner does not come within the sweep of definition of “diplomatic agent” or for that mat ter any other category of officials referred to in Article 1 of the Vienna Convention on

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