Police escort Sanjiv Chawla (wearing mask), key accused in the match-fixing scandal involving former South African cricket team captain Hansie Cronje in 2000, at the airport in New...
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Sanjiv Chawla, a key accused in the match-fixing scandal involving former South African cricket team captain Hansie Cronje in 2000, at crime branch office, in New Delhi. Chawla, ac...
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Bussinessman Vijay Mallya outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London at the start of his three-day appeal against his extradition to India, in London.
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Tens of thousands of protesters march through the streets as they continue to protest an extradition bill in Hong Kong.
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Protesters who camped out overnight take a rest along a main road near the Legislative Council after continuing protest against the unpopular extradition bill in Hong Kong.
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Protesters rallying against the proposed amendments to extradition law clash with police officers at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong.
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In this illustrative image fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi is seen in the dock during a hearing of his extradition case at Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London. The cour...
It is likely that the reference is to an asylum route which, according to legal experts, would depend upon whether Mallya applied for asylum prior to the extradition request or after.
On November 2, last year, the top court had asked the Centre to file a status report in six weeks on the confidential legal proceedings pending in the UK on extradition of Mallya to India.
The ED has charged Ami Modi for conspiring and money laundering with her husband and jeweller Nirav Modi apart from his uncle Mehul Choksi and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Sceptics and those close to the absconding businessman hope that he may beat the charges and come out unscathed from what has turned into one of the biggest political issues of recent times.