Britain s Home Secretary Priti Patel had ordered the extradition of Nirav Modi on April 16. (File)
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A new India-UK Migration and Mobility Partnership (MMP) will cover the whole spectrum of immigration issues, including streamlining extradition processes as well as a new bespoke offer for greater mobility of young students and professionals in both countries, Britain s Home Secretary Priti Patel has said.
In reference to high-profile Indian extradition cases, including that of former Kingfisher Airlines chief Vijay Mallya and fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, the senior Indian-origin Cabinet minister admitted there have been frustrations in the past. But she asserted that since her tenure at the UK Home Office the extradition coordination between the two countries has fundamentally changed and improved .
India-UK extradition relationship has improved: Minister Priti Patel
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Last Updated: May 11, 2021, 04:14 PM IST
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In reference to high-profile Indian extradition cases, including that of former Kingfisher Airlines chief Vijay Mallya and fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, the senior Indian-origin Cabinet minister admitted there have been frustrations in the past.
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A new India-UK Migration and Mobility Partnership (MMP) will cover the whole spectrum of immigration issues, including streamlining extradition processes as well as a new bespoke offer for greater mobility of young students and professionals in both countries, Britain s Home Secretary Priti Patel has said.
A new India-UK Migration and Mobility Partnership (MMP) will cover the whole spectrum of immigration issues, including streamlining extradition processes as well as a new bespoke offer for greater mobility of young students and professionals in both countries, Britain s Home Secretary Priti Patel has said. In reference to high-profile Indian extradition cases, including that of former Kingfisher Airlines chief Vijay Mallya and fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, the senior Indian-origin Cabinet minister admitted there have been frustrations in the past. But she asserted that since her tenure at the UK Home Office the extradition coordination between the two countries has fundamentally changed and improved .
Nirav Modi s appeal against extradition awaits UK High Court judge decision
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Last Updated: May 09, 2021, 05:55 PM IST
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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed an appeal has been lodged but a High Court judge who will make a decision on the matter is yet to be assigned.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed an appeal has been lodged but a High Court judge who will make a decision on the matter is yet to be assigned.
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, whose extradition to India was ordered last month by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel in the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, has filed an application for permission to appeal against the order in the High Court in London.
Sanjeev Chawla, caught & bowled by India
Prasun Sonwalkar Filed on May 8, 2021
Like other cases, Chawla’s also went through several twists and turns in the judicial process, but reached a dead-end when the European Court of Human Rights the last recourse also refused to intervene in his extradition.
In cricketing terms, the scoreboard may well read: Sanjeev Chawla, caught and bowled India 0. Exactly 20 years after allegedly being a conduit between bookmakers who wanted to fix the outcome of cricket matches during South Africa’s tour of India in 2000, Chawla was on a flight to New Delhi, escorted by a team of the Delhi police, making him the first person since the 1992 UK-India treaty to be successfully extradited to India following a prolonged judicial process in the UK.