LONDON: Indebted tycoon Vijay Mallya has made an application for £758,000 (Rs 7.8 crore) from the court funds office in London to pay his lawyers in India, saying he is unable to pay them himself owing to his assets being frozen whilst the bankruptcy proceedings against him are ongoing.
The application was made as an appeal in the Chancery Appeals division of the high court on Tuesday against a judgment by deputy ICC judge Barnett in February this year in which Barnett allowed his historic and future legal fees for defending his bankruptcy petition and his £22,500 (Rs 23 lakh) monthly living expenses to come from the court funds office, but excluded payment for his lawyers in India.