UK Court Rejects Fugitive Economic Offender Vijay Mallya's Appeal Against Extradition Order [Read Judgment]
Live LawLiquor baron and fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya's appeal against his extradition order has been rejected by the High Court in United Kingdom on Monday. Pursuant to a request from the Indian Government, the Senior District Judge at the Westminster Magistrate's Court had, in December 2018, ordered Mallya to be extradited back to India so he could face charges of financial. Pursuant to a request from the Indian Government, the Senior District Judge at the Westminster Magistrate's Court had, in December 2018, ordered Mallya to be extradited back to India so he could face charges of financial irregularities. Rejecting Mallya's argument that the SDJ needed to be sure of his guilt to pass such an order, it was held that "the role of an extradition court considering this question is to consider whether a tribunal of fact, properly directed, could reasonably and properly convict on the basis of the evidence.