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A British court on Wednesday reserved its judgment in the Nirav Modi extradition appeal at the end of a two-day hearing and said the verdict in the case will be handed down “as soon as possible”, given that the wanted diamond merchant has been in a “state of limbo” as he rema
A British court on Wednesday reserved its judgment in the Nirav Modi extradition appeal at the end of a two-day hearing and said the verdict in the case will be handed down "as soon as possible.
The United Kingdom’s High Court, while hearing Nirav Modi’s extradition plea, said India is a “friendly foreign power” and the UK must honour its extradition treaty obligations by not picking holes in the government’s assurances.
The court said that the verdict will be handed down "as soon as possible", given that the wanted diamond merchant has been in a "state of limbo" as he remains incarcerated in a prison here.
On Monday, the court heard from two psychiatric experts who had assessed Nirav Modi while in Wandsworth prison in south-west London and confirmed that he suffers from “recurrent depressive disorder” and has suicidal thoughts, believing that he will die in prison – either by self-harm or be killed.