The lawyer of fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya on Thursday told the Supreme Court that he was not receiving any communication from him and sought to be discharged from the case as a counsel. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli allowed the discharge of advocate E C Agrawala from the case and asked him to furnish the e-mail ID of the liquor baron along with his present residential address in the United Kingdom to the apex court registry. "Counsel seeking discharge the case because in spite of communication from his end, no instruction is forthcoming," the bench said and asked the lawyer to follow the process of discharge. Agrawala told the top court, "I want to be discharged from this matter as I am not receiving any instructions from my client. I am not able to establish contact with him. He is incommunicado for a long time." The top court discharged the lawyer from the two petitions filed by Mallya against the October 5, 2018 and September 13, 2019 orders of the ...
The UB Group chair is accused in a bank loan default case estimated at over Rs 9,000 crore involving his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines.
A bench of Justices U.U. Lalit and S. Ravindra Bhat said the court has found Mallya guilty of contempt and punishment has to be imposed
The fugitive Kingfisher tycoon Vijay Mallya is facing the prospect of a humiliating eviction from the luxury Central London home he currently occupies
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The UK noted the urgency and desire on the part of India to extradite people accused of corruption
In the last five years, India managed to bring only about 20 fugitive offenders including AgustaWestland deal middleman Christian Michel James
Vijay Mallya, who is due to be extradited to India, has applied for 'another route' to be able to stay in the UK
Mallya is accused in bank loan default case of over Rs 9,000 crore involving his defunct Kingfisher Airlines from United Kingdom
Vijay Mallya denied permission to appeal against a UK High Court order refusing to dismiss bankruptcy proceedings brought by a consortium of Indian banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI)
We strongly underlined our interest in seeing the early, expeditious extradition of Vijay Mallya, also Nirav Modi, said Foreign Secy
The top court after a brief hearing in the matter adjourned the case to the third week of January. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news
The Centre had on October 5 told the apex court that Mallya cannot be extradited to India until a separate "secret" legal process in the UK, which is "judicial and confidential in nature is resolved"
The UK top court's decision marked a major setback to the 64-year-old businessman as it came weeks after he lost his high court appeal in April against an extradition order to India
The Centre said that it is not aware of the secret ongoing proceedings against Mallya in the United Kingdom, as the government of India is not party to the process
Government tells court that it was not a party to the proceedings against fugitive businessman.
He said the extradition of Mallya is an ongoing legal case and that the UK government does not have anything new on it
Mallya lost his appeals in the UK Supreme Court against his extradition to India to face money laundering and fraud charges
The latest ruling will now go back for re-certification and the process of extradition should be triggered within 28 days