UK flight with deportees finally lands in Islamabad
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December 20, 2020
LONDON: The chartered flight which caused a diplomatic row, while carrying Pakistani immigrants from London, has finally landed in Islamabad after the UK government issued a legal threat to the Pakistan government.
Credible sources told this correspondent that the UK government informed Pakistan that legal action will be taken under the European Union Readmission Agreement (EURA) that Pakistan and the UK have signed for repatriation of those illegal immigrants who have exhausted all legal options to stay in the UK and Europe.
Sources shared that the chartered flight reached Islamabad on December 16 nearly two months after it was refused permission at the last minute by the Pakistan government. The flight was scheduled to land in Islamabad on October 20. Pakistan was told that it could face a legal challenge over its refusal to allow the flight to land in Islamabad and that Pakistan could be held in
Indian Banks Pursue Bankruptcy Order in UK Against Vijay Mallya
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A consortium of Indian banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) returned to the High Court in London for a bankruptcy application hearing against liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, as they pursue the recovery of debt from loans paid out to his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines. At a virtual hearing before Chief Insolvencies and Companies Court (ICC) Judge Michael Briggs on Friday, both sides deposed retired Indian Supreme Court justices as expert witnesses on Indian law in support of their arguments for and against a bankruptcy order against Mallya in the UK.
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Indian Banks Pursue UK Bankruptcy Order Against Vijay Mallya
The exchange between the lawyers got heated at several points during the course of the virtual hearing, also being followed by Mallya, with Judge Briggs stepping in to urge a focussed question and answer approach to expedite the proceedings.
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A consortium of Indian banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) returned to the High Court in London for a bankruptcy application hearing against liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, as they pursue the recovery of debt from loans paid out to his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines.
At a virtual hearing before Chief Insolvencies and Companies Court (ICC) Judge Michael Briggs on Friday, both sides deposed retired Indian Supreme Court justices as expert witnesses on Indian law in support of their arguments for and against a bankruptcy order against Mallya in the UK.
A consortium of Indian banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) returned to the High Court in London for a bankruptcy application hearing against liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, as they pursue the recovery of debt from loans paid out to his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines. At a virtual hearing before Chief Insolvencies and Companies Court (ICC) Judge Michael Briggs on Friday, both sides deposed retired Indian Supreme Court justices as expert witnesses on Indian law in support of their arguments for and against a bankruptcy order against Mallya in the UK. While the banks argued a right to waive their security over the Indian assets involved in the case in order to recover their debt in the UK, lawyers for the 65-year-old businessman argued that the funds in question involved public money held by state-owned banks in India which precluded them from such a security waiver.
SBI-led bank consortium pursues UK bankruptcy order against Vijay Mallya
At a virtual hearing before Chief Insolvencies and Companies Court (ICC) Judge Michael Briggs on Friday, both sides deposed retired Indian Supreme Court justices as expert witnesses on Indian law in support of their arguments for and against a bankruptcy order against Mallya in the UK
PTI | December 19, 2020 | Updated 18:18 IST
Vijay Mallya
A consortium of Indian banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) returned to the High Court in London for a bankruptcy application hearing against liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, as they pursue the recovery of debt from loans paid out to his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines.