News
Embattled Liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya on Monday lost his High Court appeal against his extradition order to India in relation to charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to an alleged Rs 9,000 crores.
The 64-year-old former Kingfisher Airlines boss had appealed to the High Court against his extradition to India at a hearing in February this year.
Lord Justice Stephen Irwin and Justice Elisabeth Laing, the two-member bench at the Royal Courts of Justice in London presiding over the appeal, dismissed the appeal in a judgment handed down remotely due to the current coronavirus lockdown.
"We consider that while the scope of the prima facie case found by the SDJ [Senior District Judge] is in some respects wider than that alleged by the Respondent in India [Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED)], there is a prima facie case which, in seven important respects, coincides with the allegations in India," the judges ruled.
United Kingdom Court dismisses Vijay Mallya’s appeal for extradition to India. https://t.co/GMd65qgzOM pic.twitter.com/ghsb9Du1OY
— ANI (@ANI) April 20, 2020
Mallya is wanted in India on alleged fraud and money laundering charges amounting to an estimated Rs 9,000 crore.
For in-depth, objective and more importantly balanced journalism, Click here to subscribe to Outlook Magazine
How Much Would You Pay For A Kidney?
Ronald Koeman Unsure If Lionel Messi Will Be Fit For Supercopa Final
Sonal Sharma, Daughter Of A Milkman, Is Set To Become Judge In Her First Attempt
A Retired School Teacher Is Giving Free Education To Kids Of Poor Tribals In Jharkhand