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The High Court in London denied Nirav Modi’s permission to appeal against his extradition order in the UK Supreme Court, which was a setback in his legal fight against his extradition on Thursday. Modi is a wanted fugitive diamond merchant who needs to be extradited to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering.
Lord Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith and Justice Robert Jay ruled in a judgement order issued at the Royal Courts of Justice in London that “the Appellant’s (Nirav Modi) application for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court is refused.”
The 51-year-old diamantaire had previously lost an appeal based on mental health issues when the same two-judge High Court bench determined that extraditing him to India to stand trial in the alleged USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan scam case would not be oppressive or unjust.
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Since being detained in March 2019 on the basis of an extradition warrant, Modi has remained locked up at Wandsworth Prison in London.