The man accused of killing Cairns woman Toyah Cordingley will learn next Tuesday whether he will be extradited from India to Australia to face trial for her murder.
Rajwinder Singh appeared in a court in the Indian capital New Delhi on Friday, where the matter was reserved until next week.
He had already made a written submission to the court that he is willing to be extradited to Australia to contest the case.
The former Queensland nurse is accused of hiding in the Indian state of Punjab for four years.
Also on Friday, Mr Singh made an application to be moved to a private barrack in Delhi's Tihar Prison, where his lawyer said he was currently sharing quarters with 90 other inmates.
His lawyer also said the spicy prison food was causing Mr Singh to have stomach issues and he needed boiled food.
That application will be heard on Saturday January 21.
Police say Mr Singh fled to India the day after Ms Cordingley was found dead on Wangetti Beach north of Cairns in 2018.
Queensland police offered a $1 million reward for information on the case in November, the largest in the state's history.
A few weeks later, Mr Singh was arrested by Indian authorities.
Earlier this month, Mr Singh gave an official statement to the Delhi District Court saying he wanted to be extradited as soon as possible, and that he wanted to fight the murder charge.
If Indian courts approve the extradition, it has to be signed off by the country's Ministry of External Affairs, which could happen within the month, but by the end of February at the latest, according to lawyers.
Court approval would be a significant win for the Australian government, which applied to extradite Mr Singh in 2021.
Extradition cases can take years in India's slow justice system, so Mr Singh's consent to going to Australia to face trial has expedited what could have been a long process.
It has meant the court did not need to hear evidence put together by Australian police on the strength of the case against him, and the arguments supporting the extradition.
Mr Singh is of Indian origin, but has a wife and three children in Australia where he is a citizen.
