The Canadian government, fully aware of Nijjar's involvement with ISI and his anti-India activities, placed him on a no-fly list to prevent his extradition.

Judicial proceedings against the four people arrested for the murder of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in 2023, have made little progress. Since the arrests in May, the case has been adjourned five times and is now scheduled for November 21.

Canada and India expel six of each other's diplomats in tit-for-tat moves as part of an escalating dispute over the June 2023 assassination of a Sikh activist in Canada.