February 25, 2021
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi (click here) is set to find out the UK court's ruling in the nearly two-year-long legal battle on February 25, 2021.
Modi, who was arrested in 2019, on an extradition warrant executed by Scotland Yard remains behind bars in a London prison as he contests his extradition to India on charges of fraud and money laundering in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case.
The 49-year-old is expected to appear via videolink from Wandsworth Prison in south-west London at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, where District Judge Samuel Goozee is set to hand down his judgment on whether the jeweller has a case to answer before.
The magistrates’ court ruling will then be sent back to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for a sign off, with the possibility of appeals in the High Court on either side depending on the outcome....