NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is taking all efforts to extradite fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, accused in bank loan
Vijay Mallya Extradition Delayed Due To Legal Issues, Making Consistent Efforts: Centre To SC
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. AP Photo/Matt Dunham Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-18T15:38:38+05:30 Vijay Mallya Extradition Delayed Due To Legal Issues, Making Consistent Efforts: Centre To SC outlookindia.com 2021-01-18T16:33:42+05:30
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Amid extradition proceedings of fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, the Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is taking all necessary steps but the process is being prolonged due to legal issued involved in the matter. Mallya, the owner of the defunct Kingfisher Airlines, is accused in bank loan default case of over Rs 9,000 crore and is currently lodged in the United Kingdom.
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is taking all efforts to extradite fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, accused in bank loan default case of over Rs 9,000 crore involving his defunct Kingfisher Airlines from United Kingdom, but the process is being delayed to some legal issues involved in the matter. A bench of Justices U U Lalit and Ashok Bhushan posted the matter for further hearing on March 15, after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta sought some time to file report on the status of extradition of Mallya. At the outset, Mehta shared a letter of the Ministry of External Affairs official Devesh Uttam written to him on the status of extradition of Mallya from the United Kingdom.
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The government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is making “consistent” and “repeated” attempts to extradite Vijay Mallya, chairman of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines, but it had been stalled by “parallel” legal proceedings underway in the UK.
At the outset, Mehta shared a letter of the Ministry of External Affairs’ official Devesh Uttam written to him on the status of extradition of Mallya from the United Kingdom.
New Delhi: The government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is making “consistent” and “repeated” attempts to extradite Vijay Mallya, chairman of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines, but it had been stalled by “parallel” legal proceedings underway in the UK. While the British government had refused to share details of the extradition process, it had assured New Delhi of a quick decision on the subject, the government told the top court.