LONDON: Nirav Modi, fighting extradition to India, is unlikely to get a fair trial there due to the politicisation of his case and he faces a “high risk of suicide” due to the lack of adequate medical facilities in Indian prisons, his legal team told a UK court on Tuesday. The 49-year-old fugitive diamond merchant […]
NEW DELHI: A London judge has refused an application by Nirav Modi’s barrister to have a press blackout on evidence by former Bombay high court judge Justice Abhay Thipsay acting as witness on the billionaire jeweller’s behalf this week. Nirav’s barrister Clare Montgomery QC made an application to Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday for reporting […]
A US court today passed an interim order that prevents creditors from collecting debt from Nirav Modi-owned Firestar Diamond Inc which early this week filed for bankruptcy. Modi, who is being investigated for illegal transfer of over Rs 12,000 crore from Punjab National Bank, has a majority stake in Firestar Diamond and its other sister […]
