Nirav Modi, who was declared a 'fugitive economic offender' in December, 2019, and his uncle Mehul Choksi are accused of committing a Rs 14,000 crore scam by obtaining credit facilities fraudulently from the PNB
Choksi, 62, was given bail by Dominica High Court to travel back to Antigua for seeking medical help from a neurologist based there.
Skerrit said his government will allow the court to carry out its process regarding Choksi and gave the assurance that his rights and obligations will be respected
The judge noted that the arguments made under both grounds overlap in this case as they both rely principally on the appellant, Nirav Modi's mental ill health.
The 62-year-old is wanted in India in connection with the ₹ 13,500-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case.
Nirav Modi is presently lodged in a UK jail and has lost his extradition plea to India in connection with the alleged $2-billion loan fraud at the Brady House branch PNB in Mumbai
Nirav Modi's lawyer said Covid-19 is rising in Maharashtra and is affecting Arthur Road jail, arguing the healthcare system is 'near collapse.'
Polak has also approached the Scotland Yard seeking a probe into alleged kidnapping of Choksi.
Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi had fled India in the first week of January, 2018, weeks before the scam in the PNB rocked the Indian banking industry.
Choksi, wanted in Rs 13,500 crore bank fraud case in India, had mysteriously gone missing on May 23 from Antigua and Barbuda where he has been staying since...
Modi is facing probe by two central agencies here in India for bank fraud to the tune of over Rs 13,500 crore.
The total assets attached by the ED are worth Rs 18,170.02 crore.
The PNB officials at the bank's Brady House branch in Mumbai issued 165 letters of undertaking (LoUs) and 58 foreign letters of credit (FLCs) during...
Mehul Choksi was living in Antigua and Barbuda since 2018, after he escaped from India in the first week of January that year, weeks before the scam was...
The family of Choksi had claimed that he was in Antigua till 5 pm on May 23 which makes it impossible to cover a 120-mile distance in four to five hours, which...
Choksi, who is wanted in India by the CBI and the ED in connection with the PNB fraud case, had gone missing on May 23 from Antigua sparking a massive manhunt.
Choksi’s lawyers, however, alleged that he was kidnapped from Jolly Harbour in Antigua and brought to Dominica on a boat, about 100 nautical miles away.
The team consisting of two members of the CBI and officials of the other agencies has reached Dominica where Choksi's case will come for hearing tomorrow...
Choksi's lawyers have reached the Dominican court where a habeas corpus petition has been filed on his behalf.
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne said that India sent a private jet to Dominica carrying documents related to the deportation of fugitive...
Antiguan PM Gaston Browne told a radio show that the jet came from India carrying necessary documentation needed for deportation of the businessman.
Mehul Choksi, is wanted in a Rs 13,500 crore loan fraud in the Punjab National Bank, he was last seen going for dinner in his car in Antigua and Barbuda on...
Nirav Modi still has the option of legally challenging his extradition to India.
The Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London said that Nirav Modi conspired to destroy evidence and intimidate witnesses.
Nirav Modi was arrested on an extradition warrant on March 19, 2019, and has appeared via videolink from Wandsworth Prison for a series of court hearings in...
