Return to India if you want relief, HC tells Vijay Mallya
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya to clarify when he intends to return to India, stating that it was granting him “one more opportunity” before passing orders for non-compliance. Vijay Mallya has a break outside the court house as he waits for his extradition case to be heard at Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, Britain, December 10, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls (REUTERS) The remarks were made during the hearing of a petition filed by the liquor baron challenging his status as a fugitive economic offender. The former MP has questioned the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Fugitive Economic Offenders (FEO) Act, under which he was designated a fugitive, and has sought various reliefs. A division bench of chief justice Shree Chandrashekhar and justice Gautam Ankhad reiterated the court’s earlier position that it will hear his petition only after he returns to India. In December last year, the court had made it clear that it would not hear his challenge to the FEO Act unless he first submitted to …
