LONDON : The coronavirus pandemic may impact the timescale for the extradition to India of liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, who lost his UK High Court appeal on Monday against the Indian government’s fraud and money laundering case.
The Royal Courts of Justice in London concluded that the 64-year-old former Kingfisher Airlines boss did have a prima facie case to answer in the Indian courts over the alleged ₹9,000-crore fraud associated with loans sought from Indian banks for his now-defunct airline.
However, an extradition expert in the UK said the strict social distancing norms in place to try and curb the spread of Covid-19 may add a further dimension to the UK’s Article 3 obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, relating to