In May, Vijay Mallya lost his appeals to the UK Supreme Court against his extradition to India (case file)
New Delhi:
The UK said on Tuesday that Vijay Mallya cannot be extradited to India until a confidential legal issue is resolved and is trying to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.
In May, the fugitive businessman lost his appeals to the UK Supreme Court against his extradition to India on charges of money laundering and fraud.
“There is another legal issue that needs to be resolved before we are able to extradite Mallya. It is a legal matter. So it is difficult for me to comment in a substantive way,” the high commissioner said. UK Acting Jan Thompson.
She was responding to a question on the matter at an online press conference.
“Extradition cannot take place until this particular legal issue is resolved. It is a confidential matter. I cannot say more. I also cannot estimate how long it will take to be solved. We are trying to solve the problem as quickly as possible. we can, “the high commissioner said.
India lobbied the UK to extradite Mallya after he lost his appeals to the UK Supreme Court.
The ruling from Britain’s highest court marked a major setback for the 64-year-old businessman, as it came weeks after he lost his High Court appeal in April against an extradition decision to the India.
In June, India urged the UK not to consider any asylum claims from Mallya as there appeared to be no grounds for prosecution in the country.
Mallya has been based in the UK since March 2016 and remains on bail following an extradition warrant executed three years ago by Scotland Yard on April 18, 2017.
The High Court’s verdict in April upheld the 2018 ruling by Chief Justice Emma Arbuthnot following a year-long extradition trial in December 2018 that the former Kingfisher Airlines boss had a “case to answer” in Indian courts.
