New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to entertain Christian Michel's challenge to a clause of the India-UAE Extradition Treaty, advising him instead to file a fresh and more detailed petition setting out specific consequential reliefs.

Michel, through his lawyer Aljo K Joseph, sought a direction from the Court declaring that Section 21 of the Extradition Act must prevail over the India-UAE Extradition Treaty. He argued that the statutory protections contained in the Act override any conflicting provisions in the bilateral treaty.

He further requested a declaration that no treaty can supersede a law enacted by Parliament, relying on the mandate of Article 245 of the Constitution of India, which upholds the suprem...