London: A London High Court judge who refused Nirav Modi’s latest bail application this week has taken note in his judgment of a “confidential impediment” in the long-drawn extradition proceedings against the imprisoned diamantaire wanted in India on fraud and money laundering charges. Justice Michael Fordham on Thursday concluded at a Royal Courts of Justice bail hearing that there are substantial grounds for believing that if released on bail, the 54-year-old businessman would “fail to surrender” and his risk of absconding remained high. While Nirav’s barrister argued in favour of his bail from London’s Thameside prison based on the “long passage of time” without trial, the judge highlighted the constraints of a “confidential” process that prevented his surrender to the Indian authorities even though the legal process related to his extradition had “run its course”. “There is a ‘legal reason’ which relates to ‘confidential proceedings’. The nature of this is known to the applicant (Nirav Modi), and his lawyers; it is known to the Home Office, but apart from what I have recorded, nothing is …