Nirav Modi’s Extradition To India Gets Delayed Again; ‘Secret Proceedings’ In Play

Fugitive Nirav Modi has made yet another plea before UK authorities seeking a stay on his extradition, sources said. Nirav Modi fled India in January 2018. The UK authorities have informed their counterparts in India that “secret proceedings” are currently ongoing. Nirav Modi might have moved another application seeking asylum on the grounds that he would be tortured if returned to India. As per sources, a team of CBI officials met Crown Prosecution Service officials and UK authorities last month.In March, the UK High Court refused to reopen Nirav Modi’s extradition trial. The court dismissed his plea claiming that he would be questioned and tortured in India. The Government of India, on the other hand, had assured the UK government last year

that he would be lodged in Arthur Road Jail in a special ward. “The assurances have been given by an official within the Ministry of Home Affairs competent to bind the GoI, as well as the State of Maharashtra and the five investigating agencies (which are also bound, in our view, by the terms of the assurances). ‘Although India is not a signatory to UNCAT, we do not doubt that torture is not permitted under Indian law," the London High Court said."The United Kingdom and India have a long history of friendly bilateral relations. Although there is no evidence that the assurances will be formally monitored by the GoI, it is relevant that Mr Modi, under previous assurances given by the GoI, will have daily access to his lawyers and medical team. As we have said, the reliability of the GoI’s assurances was addressed in Bhandari, but we do not understand this Court as in any way questioning its good faith,’” the UK High Court had said in March.As soon as Nirav Modi’s petition to reopen the extradition trial was dismissed by the UK High Court, he immediately moved to the European Court of Human Rights seeking a stay on his extradition. European Court of Human Rights directed that Nirav Modi be granted “anonymity” until the disposal of his petition. Earlier, the European Court of Human Rights told Times Now that the proceedings would be “confidential” and the trial would be kept “private.”Before both the UK government and the European Court of Human Rights, Nirav Modi had cited the UK High Court’s March 2025 order involving another fugitive, Sanjay Bhandari.ALSO READ: Nirav Modi Gets ‘Anonymity’ Shield from European Court as Extradition Battle IntensifiesWhile rejecting India’s request for Sanjay Bhandari’s extradition, the London High Court mentioned the killing of an undertrial prisoner in Tihar Jail. Bhandari, on the other hand, has been declared a Fugitive Economic Offender by a Delhi court.However, this is not the first time an Indian fugitive has used legal loopholes and managed to convince UK authorities to allow him to remain in the country. London-based fugitive economic offender Vijay Mallya has successfully thwarted his extradition on the grounds that his rights would be violated if he were brought back to India.