Chronology of Mallya\'s extradition case and its origin

Chronology of Mallya's extradition case and its origin

Press Trust of India  |  London 

A Monday ordered the extradition of Vijay Mallya, wanted in for alleged fraud and charges amounting to an estimated Rs 9,000 crores.

2013: A consortium of Indian banks led by State Bank of approached United Breweries Holdings Ltd for the payback of a loan amounting to Rs 6,493 crore on behalf of

March 3, 2016: fled from and took refuge in

February, 2017: India sent extradition request to UK.

April 18, 2017: arrests on an extradition warrant after he surrenders at a central police station. He is released on bail within hours after providing a bail bond worth 650,000 pounds.

June 13, 2017: The first case management hearing takes place at in in the extradition case. Mallya's bail is extended until December 2017, for the start of the extradition trial.

July 6, 2017: appears for a hearing in the case despite an exemption from appearance in court.

September 14, 2017: Another case management hearing in the case when Mallya's defence team informs the court of plans to depose six experts they intend to rely upon in their evidence.

October 3, 2017: Mallya is re-arrested in a case filed by the (ED) and is released on the same bail conditions, as the CBI and ED cases are clubbed together for the purposes of the extradition trial.

Novembver 20, 2017: A pre-trial hearing in the case takes note of additional "supplemental" charges of to the previous charges of fraud, amounting to an estimated Rs 9,000 crores.

December 4, 2017: Mallya's extradition trial begins.

December 5, 2017: Mallya's defence team lays out its counter-arguments, claiming there was no evidence to support the "nonsensical" case of fraud against their client.

December 7, 2017: The hearing resumes with Mallya's defence claiming his offer to pay back nearly 80 per cent of the principle loan amount owed to the Indian banks, led by State Bank of India, had been rejected.

December 11, 2017: Mallya's defence continues deposing its experts and tries to establish that the case against him is "politically motivated".

December 12, 2017: The (CPS) takes Mallya's defence team's political expert to task, claiming that he had relied on flawed material to discredit Indian investigation agencies like the CBI and ED in his testimony.

December 13, 2017: in Mumbai, where Mallya is to be held on extradition, comes into focus as the defence seek to discredit its suitability through the witness statements of UK-based prison service expert Dr and the CPS dismiss his claims.

December 14, 2017: Both sides conclude the evidence stage of the trial, with the case moving into 2018 to complete all procedures.

January 11, 2018: The hearing returns for the to hear arguments for and against the admissibility of certain evidence in the case.

March 16, 2018: The notes that it is "blindingly obvious" to her that rules were being broken by Indian banks, which sanctioned some of the loans to the erstwhile as the case returns for hearing.

April 27, 2018: The CBI gets a boost as the confirms that the bulk of the evidence submitted by the Indian authorities in the extradition case will be deemed admissible.

July 31, 2018: The court asks the Indian authorities to submit a video of in to allay all doubts over its suitability as the case edges towards conclusion.

September 12, 2018: At the final hearing in the case, Mallya tells media outside the court that he met minister before he left India in March 2016. Jaitley instantly issues a statement to dismiss the comments as factually incorrect.

December 10, 2018: judge ordered the extradition of Mallya. The UK will have to sign Mallya's extradition order within two months. However, Mallya's defence team has a chance to appeal in higher courts in the UK against the verdict.

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First Published: Mon, December 10 2018. 18:35 IST