Judgment day in Nirav Modi UK extradition case on February 25
District Judge Samuel Goozee confirmed the timeline on Friday, at the end of closing submissions in the case at Westminster Magistrates Court in London.
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LONDON: The judgment day for whether wanted diamond merchant Nirav Modi can be extradited to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering in relation to the Punjab National Bank scam case has been set as February 25.
District Judge Samuel Goozee confirmed the timeline on Friday, at the end of closing submissions in the case at Westminster Magistrates Court in London.
PNB scam: Nirav Modi s extradition from Britain to India set to be decided on February 25
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Last Updated: Jan 08, 2021, 10:05 PM IST
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District Judge Samuel Goozee confirmed the timeline on Friday, at the end of closing submissions in the case at Westminster Magistrates Court in London.
LONDON: The judgment day for whether wanted diamond merchant Nirav Modi can be extradited to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering in relation to the Punjab National Bank scam case has been set as February 25.
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Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi (File photo)
LONDON: Wanted diamond merchant Nirav Modi is responsible for overseeing a ponzi-like scheme that caused enormous fraud to India s Punjab National Bank (PNB), the UK court hearing final submissions in the extradition case was told on Friday.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), arguing on behalf of the Indian authorities, focussed on laying out the prima facie case of fraud, money laundering and perverting the course of justice against the 49-year-old jeweller, who followed the proceedings on the second day of a two-day hearing via videolink from a room at Wandsworth Prison in south-west London.
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Nirav Modi’s legal counsel said that if he goes to India, the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai has no arrangements to deal with his mental condition. (Photo: Reuters)
On February 25, the Westminster Magistrates Court in London will be giving its judgement on whether diamantaire Nirav Modi will be sent to India to face the law in the Rs 13,000 crore-bank fraud case.
On January 8, the UK court completed the hearing on extradition of Nirav Modi to India and set February 25 as next date to deliver its judgement.
Nirav Modi also appeared before the court through a video-link from the Wandsworth Prison in London where he has been lodged at the request of India.
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