US EditionMehul Choksi's Extradition Suspended Amid Fugitive Diamantaire's Appeal in Belgium Supreme Court
Mehul Choksi contests extradition citing risk of unfair trial despite Belgian courts rejecting his claims; he is accused in a Rs 13,000-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case.
- On October 30, Mehul Choksi filed an appeal to the Court of Cassation, Supreme Court of Belgium, challenging his extradition to India.
- India sent an extradition request on August 27, 2024, and Antwerp courts upheld a November 29, 2024 order deeming Mumbai special court warrants from May 2018 and June 2021 enforceable.
- Choksi faces charges in a Rs-13,000-crore Punjab National Bank fraud, with the Central Bureau of Investigation alleging he siphoned off Rs 6,400 crore; he fled to Antigua and Barbuda in January 2018 and was later spotted in Belgium.
- During this procedure, the execution of the extradition is suspended, PTI quoted Ken Witpas, while the public prosecutor at the Court of First Instance in Antwerp, Turnhout Division, sought enforcement on November 25, 2024.
- The appeals chamber found Choksi faces 'no risk' of ill-treatment and ruled his documents do not substantiate claims, while the Court of Cassation will examine legal validity only.
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Mehul Choksi Appeals Against Extradition To India In Belgium Supreme Court
Fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi has challenged before Belgium's Supreme Court an October 17 ruling by the Antwerp Court of Appeal that had upheld India's request for his extradition, calling it "enforceable", officials said on Monday.
Mehul Choksi's extradition suspended amid fugitive diamantaire's appeal in Belgium Supreme Court
The public prosecutor at the Antwerp Court of Appeals, Ken Witpas said during the process of Mehul Choksi's appeal in the Belgium Supreme Court, ‘execution of the fugitive merchant's extradition is suspended’
Mehul Choksi challenges extradition to India in Belgium Supreme Court
Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has challenged his extradition to India before the Court of Cassation in Belgium, said officials on Monday. The Court of Cassation is the Supreme Court of Belgium. According to a report by news agency PTI, Choksi had filed the appeal on October 30. "This appeal is strictly limited to legal merits and will be judged by the Court of Cassation. During this procedure, the execution of the extradition is suspended,…
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