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UK High Court begins hearing in bookie Sanjeev Chawla's appeal against extradition to India
•Chawla is wanted in India to face charges of cricket match-fixing dating back to 2000 and has been fighting against his extradition on human rights grounds.
PNB fraud: UK court rejects fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi's new bail application
•In a setback to Nirav Modi, a UK court on Wednesday rejected a new bail application of the fugitive diamond merchant, who is fighting extradition to India on charges of nearly $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case
PNB fraud: Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi moves new bail application, hearing on 6 November
•Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India in connection with the nearly $2 billion PNB fraud and money laundering case, has moved a new bail plea against his continued detention in a London prison cell
PNB fraud case: Nirav Modi remanded until 17 October, UK extradition trial planned for May 2020
•Modi has been lodged at Wandsworth prison in south-west London, one of England's most overcrowded jails, since his arrest in March.
PNB fraud case: Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi to appear via videolink for remand hearing in UK
•Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot had presided over the last remand hearing at the court via videolink from the prison where Modi is being held.
Vijay Mallya decries witch-hunt after winning right to appeal against extradition order; repeats offer to pay back banks
•The case will now proceed to a full appeal hearing during which Mallya's defence team will argue that Arbuthnot had relied upon material beyond the scope of their defence.
PNB fraud case: Nirav Modi suffers huge blow as Singapore HC freezes kin's bank deposits of Rs 44.41 cr
Fp Staff •The two are the sister and brother-in-law of Modi, who is currently under arrest in this alleged bank fraud case in London.
PNB fraud case: Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi to appear via videolink from UK prison for remand hearing today
•Modi was arrested by uniformed Scotland Yard officers on an extradition warrant on March 19 and has been in prison since.
Nirav Modi extradition case: Fugitive diamantaire approaches UK High Court for bail; next hearing on 11 June
•The UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that the hearing of Modi's bail plea will take place at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on 11 June
Nirav Modi extradition case: Fugitive diamond merchant to be produced before UK court tomorrow
•Nirav Modi is set to be produced from custody before Judge Arbuthnot for the first case management hearing in the case, during which a broad timeline is expected for his extradition trial.