The Westminster Magistrates Court in London will decide on December 10 if fugitive tycoon Vijay Mallya will be extradited to India to face trial on charges of fraud and money-laundering amounting to around Rs. 9,000 crore. On Wednesday, the court reviewed a video of the cell in a Mumbai jail where he might be lodged once he is deported.
Nearly 200 hours were to be spent cumulatively by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in 17 sittings during the just concluded Monsoon Session of Parliament. Of this, the Houses could run for just 49.35 hours and the remaining 150.72 hours were lost in disruption, as the government and the Opposition remained adamant on not meeting mid-way.
CPM MP Elamaram Kareem, who has been accused of holding a security personnel by his neck, has refuted the charge and filed a counter complaint with the RS Chairman, demanding a probe into who all attacked him and some opposition MPs in the House.