Shimla, Sept. 10 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has granted the Union of India an additional six weeks to proceed in the high-profile State of H.P. vs. Mahesh Khattary & Others case, after the Centre cited delays in finalising an extradition treaty with Nepal due to the ongoing political unrest in the neighbouring country.

The treaty, aimed at facilitating the exchange of absconding criminals between India and Nepal, is reportedly in its final stages. However, Senior Panel Counsel for the Union Government, Lokinder Paul Thakur, told the court that "prevailing circumstances in Nepal" had stalled its conclusion.

Thakur informed the division bench, comprising Justice Vivek Singh Thakur and Justice Sushil Kukreja, that India had already...