Nirav Modi moves UK High Court for permission to appeal against extradition

Modi, who had 14 days to appeal the decision, approached the High Court of appeals on the April 28, 2021 to appeal the decisions made by the lower court judge

The fugitive diamond dealer Nirav Modi, who is wanted in India for allegedly defrauding Punjab National Bank (PNB) out of an estimated $2 billion has filed a permission to appeal in the UK high court against his extradition to India.

Modi, 50, who was arrested in March 2019 and has been held in the Wandsworth prison in south London ever since, was ordered to be extradited by the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on the April 15, 2021.

Westminster Magistrate's Court's Judge Sam Goozee made a decision on February 25, finding Nirav Modi guilty on all the charges saying that the fugitive