Fugitive liquor businessman Vijay Mallya has obtained a setback from a London court docket. Within the Excessive Courtroom of London, Mallya had appealed in opposition to his extradition to India, during which he has misplaced. The 64-year-old former head of Kingfisher Airways appealed to the Excessive Courtroom in opposition to his extradition to India in February this 12 months, on which the decision has come at this time. In London Royal Courtroom, a two-member bench of Lord Justice Stephen Irwin and Justice Elizabeth Ling dismissed Mallya’s attraction.
In the meantime, sources within the investigating company had been quoted as saying that based on London’s judicial system, Vijay Mallya can attraction in opposition to the HC order in SC inside 14 days. If he doesn’t attraction throughout the stipulated interval, we are going to begin the extradition course of.
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Earlier, on 10 April, whereas granting reduction to liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the Excessive Courtroom in London adjourned the listening to on the petition of the SBI-led group of Indian banks searching for to declare a debt-ridden businessman bancrupt. Was performed in order that debt of about 1.145 billion kilos might be recovered from it.
Whereas granting reduction to Mallya, Choose Mike Briggs of the Excessive Courtroom’s insolvency department stated that he ought to be given time till his petitions within the Supreme Courtroom of India and his proposal for settlement earlier than the Karnataka Excessive Courtroom are settled. Choose Briggs of the ‘Chief Insolvency and Firm Courtroom’ had stated in his judgment that at the moment there is no such thing as a cause to offer banks an opportunity to pursue such motion.
Let me inform you {that a} group of Indian public sector banks underneath the management of State Financial institution of India have requested to declare Mallya bankrupt in order that the excellent debt of about 1.145 billion kilos might be recovered on him.