Vijay Mallya extradition: ‘Secret’ proceedings going on in the UK, Centre tells SC

Businessman Vijay Mallya’s extradition to India will have to wait until some “confidential” proceedings in this connection are completed in the UK. On Monday, the Centre informed the Supreme Court bench of Justices U U Lalit and Ashok Bhushan, which had asked him to appear before it in connection with a contempt case, that there were some “secret” proceedings going on in the UK, but the Government of India does not have knowledge about it as it is not a party to the process and the UK side has not shared any details.

In a status report filed before the court, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that the extradition request for Mallya was forwarded to the UK on February 9, 2017. In December 2018, Senior District Judge, Westminster Magistrate’s Court, London recommended his extradition to India.