Kansi's extrajudicial rendition was controversial in Pakistan—no formal request for his extradition was made, and no extradition proceedings were initiated.[1] U.S. authorities would later assert that the rendition was legal under an extradition treaty signed with the UK, before Partition when India was under colonial rule.[2] Kansi argued against his rendition in court but his assertions were found to have no basis in law. The Court wrote: