Last Updated:December 23, 2025, 20:11 IST In January 2019, a special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) declared Vijay Mallya a Fugitive Economic Offender. Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya. (AP File Image) The Bombay High Court on Tuesday questioned fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya regarding his plans to return to India. The court informed Mallya’s counsel that his plea challenging the Fugitive Economic Offenders (FEO) Act would not be heard unless he submitted himself to the court’s jurisdiction. Mallya, who has been residing in the UK since 2016, has filed two petitions in the High Court. One petition challenges the order declaring him a fugitive economic offender, while the other contests the constitutional validity of the 2018 Act. The High Court posed this question to the 70-year-old liquor baron, who is wanted in India on fraud and money laundering charges, during the hearing of his petitions. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad, made it clear to Mallya’s counsel, Amit Desai, that it would not hear his plea against …