London: Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya’s written appeal against an extradition order passed by a magistrate late last year has been rejected by a High Court judge in the United Kingdom, reports NDTV. He will now face an oral hearing on his appeal against the decision.
The Westminister Magistrate’s Court had ruled against Mallya (62), wanted in India on charges of not paying back loans worth Rs 9,000 crore, on December 9. Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot had concluded that Vijay Mallya has a case to answer in the Indian courts over substantial “misrepresentations” of his financial dealings while he was heading the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines.
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