Extradition Case: Vijay Mallya Loses UK High Court Appeal

Former Kingfisher Airlines boss Vijay Mallya had appealed tothe High Court against his extradition to India at a hearing in February thisyear.

Lord Justice Stephen Irwin and Justice Elisabeth Laing, thetwo-member bench at the Royal Courts of Justice in London presiding over theappeal, dismissed the appeal in a judgment handed down remotely due to thecurrent coronavirus lockdown.

"We consider that while the scope of the prima facie case found by the SDJ [Senior District Judge] is in some respects wider than that alleged by the Respondent in India [Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED)], there is a prima facie case which, in seven important respects, coincides with the allegations in India," the judges ruled.

Mallya is wanted in India on alleged fraud and money laundering charges amounting to an estimated Rs 9,000 crore.