Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Can Mallya evade being sent to India?' that was published in Newsband

Can Mallya evade being sent to India?

British Home Secretary Sajid Javid has signed the order for the extradition of liquor baron Vijay Mallya to India. Mally will now have two weeks to lodge an appeal. Vijay Mallya is accused in India of conspiracy to defraud, making false representations and money laundering offenses.

In making extradition decisions, the Minister has to consider issues including whether the death penalty would be involved or the person be extradited to a third country (neither of which would apply in this case).

Anand Doobay, lawyer for Vijay Mallya, had confirmed late last year that he intended to appeal the extradition order once it was confirmed by the British authorities. Just days after the judgement in December, Mr Doobay had said that he would “file an application for permission to appeal.”

Should the appeal to the High Court fail, Mallya would still have further opportunities to attempt to overturn the extradition order, by seeking permission to appeal to the Supreme Court, though that could only take place if the High Court certified that the appeal involved a “point of law of general public importance, and either the High Court or the Supreme Court gives leave for the appeal to be made.”

Late last week, Mr. Mallya took to Twitter to criticise Indian authorities and the banks, accusing the latter of pursuing “multiple frivolous litigations” against him. He accused the banks’ lawyers of objecting to him paying “legitimate tax dues” in the U.K. Mallaya will leave no leaf unturned to evade being sent to India.

So much money is spent by Indian government on extradition. The question is how did BJP allow Vijay Mallya to escape from India? Congress kept on restructuring his NPA which was a legal way of corruption to get kickbacks from him. He was also given ticket of Rajya Sabha. Then BJP gave him ticket again. Ultimately, it is the people of this country paying for sins of Congress & BJP.

It is first time in annals of Indian history that economic offender is being extradited to India. It reflects the integrity of government. Even criminals are being brought to India. Thus criminals, living in India, and fugitives are terrified of Modi government and joining hands to dethrown the Modi.

‘Embrace the unexplored and be rewarded for the exploration.’ The essence of this saying applies well to Modi government who have fought tooth and nail and nailed Mallya in the end through this extradition order from UK government which appeared to have slim chances until recently.

Modi government has sent strong signals to offenders through this prize catch that they can run but cannot hide and will be zeroed in one day to be under captive in India. It is a victory through all angles namely: Diplomatic, Legal, Judicial, Procedural, Compliance to name a few.

Arthur Road Jail that was in the news for housing the coziest room for Mallya is all set to receive him. Now "intellectuals" will link it to 2019 elections and Gandhi will somehow link it to Rafale scam.