Vijay Mallya has launched an attempt to halt extradition proceedings against him this week, lodging his application to appeal against the extradition order with the administrative court of the High Court in London. He had been widely expected to do so after British Home Secretary Sajid Javid on February 3 signed the extradition order against him, giving him a two-week window to launch appeal proceedings.
An official at the administrative court confirmed to BusinessLine that the application had been made on Thursday. A decision on whether to allow the appeal will be made by a judge — via paper submissions — in two-four weeks.
Should that attempt not be successful, Mallya would be able to ask for an oral hearing on the application to appeal.
