The High Court of London (United Kingdom) on Wednesday dismissed the appeal of Nirav Modi, who is wanted in India to face money laundering and fraud cases.
The High Court of Justice in London rejected an appeal filed by diamond merchant Nirav Modi on Wednesday against his extradition to India
The 51-year-old fugitive diamond merchant has the option of further appeals in the UK and European courts and the process to bring him back to stand trial in India is unlikely to be a speedy one
Nirav Modi faces charges of fraud and money laundering, amounting to an estimated $2 bn in the Punjab National Bank loan scam case
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The Enforcement Directorate said it attached gems, jewellery and bank deposits worth Rs 253.62 crore of companies linked to fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi as part of a money laundering probe.
These defaulters have the capacity to repay their loans but choose not to do so, says a report
In reply to Lok Sabha in 2020, SP Shukla said 72 Indians charged with financial irregularities have been living abroad. The list includes names like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Lalit Modi
The 51-year-old diamond merchant had lodged an appeal last year against his extradition order on mental health grounds.
The 51-year-old diamond merchant had lodged an appeal against his extradition order on mental health grounds
The CBI has filed a fresh case against Mehul Choksi, wanted along with his nephew Nirav Modi in a loan fraud case of Rs 13,500 crore, for allegedly inflating the value of diamonds and jewellery
'We don't welcome people who want to use our legal system to evade the law here in India,' the British Prime Minister asserted
Nirav Modi, the main accused in the Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, was declared a Fugitive Economic Offender in December 2019.
Parab was deported to India from Cairo in Egypt earlier in the day, as per the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials
Subhash Shankar Parab was the Deputy General Manager (Finance) in Firestar Diamond
The government on Tuesday said assets worth Rs 19,111.20 crore relating to fugitives Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, have been attached so far.
These figures were mentioned in the note submitted by Tushar Mehta in the SC, which is hearing arguments on a batch of petitions concerning the interpretation of certain provisions of PMLA
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court that Rs 18,000 crore have been returned to the banks in the case of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, and Mehul Choksi.
Popular discourse is quick to crown as kings people who achieve so much success that it feels inadequate to describe them as successful.
As 2021 draws to a close, the Narendra Modi governments efforts to extradite Indian businessmen from Britain for alleged fraud against Indian banks are yet to materialise.