According to the Supreme Court’s website, the petition is titled ‘Mr. X vs Union of India and others’. Filed on 12 December, it lists India’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Indian Embassy in Czech Republic as “respondents”.
Reporting on the court proceedings, legal news website Bar and Bench said that Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SV Bhatti “prima facie” opined that Gupta will have to approach the Czech court as he had been detained in the country.
According to US reports, Gupta has been detained in Prague at the request of the Biden administration under a mutual extradition treaty arrangement.
‘Apprehended by Self-Claimed US Agents’ in Prague, Plea Says
“Furthermore, the petitioner submits that the self-introduced American agents even forcefully made the Petitioner open/unlock his phone using face ID feature (on the iPhone). They also took pictures of the petitioner. After much resistance from the petitioner, the individuals who had apprehended the petitioner identified themselves to be American agents," the Bar and Bench quoted from the plea.
The plea contended that once in Czech authorities’ custody, Gupta was “forced” to consume beef and pork, which violated his religious beliefs as a Hindu.