What legal recourse can Nirav Modi take after UK court ruling

In a major setback to fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi a UK court on Thursday ordered his extradition in connection with the Rs 13500 crore Punjab National Bank loan fraud case after almost a twoyear long legal battleThe ruling of the Westminster Magistrates Court will now be sent to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for a signoff on whose approval he can move an appeal against the courts order in the countrys high courtThe District Judge of the Westminster Magistrates Court Samuel Goozee on Thursday accepted the prima facie evidence against Modi for money laundering saying Many of these are a matter for trial in India I am satisfied again that there is evidence that he could be convictedThe ruling will now be sent to the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel who will take a final call on the extradition The Secretary of State has to take a decision within two months or can seek an extension from the high court said a prominent Supreme Court lawyer on condition of anonymityIf the extradition is approved Nirav Modi will have the option to challenge it in the high court Unless there is an appeal he must be extradited within 28 days of the Secretary of States decision to order extraditionAs per the legal experts all criminal cases start in the magistrates court but the more serious criminal matters are committed to the Crown Court Appeals from the Crown Court go to the high court and potentially to the Court of Appeal or even the Supreme CourtAccording to the UK Supreme Courts official website not all orders made by lower courts can be appealed to the apex court In most cases to bring an appeal to the Supreme Court you must first apply to the court which handed down the judgment to ask for permission to appeal it saidThe founder of the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines Vijay Mallya who is wanted in India in a Rs 9000 crore loan defraud cae had also approached the UK High Court which had dismissed his appeal against extradition on April 20 last yearThe high court had also rejected his plea to move the Supreme Court against the dismissal of his appeal challenging the lower courts approval of his extradition to IndiaFugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi was arrested on an extradition warrant on March 19 2019 on charges of money laundering conspiring to destroy evidence and intimidating witnessesThe charges against Modi centers around his firms Diamonds R Us Stellar Diamonds and Solar Exports for making fraudulent use of a credit facility offered by the PNB known as letters of undertaking LoUsHe is facing probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI for a largescale fraud upon PNB through fraudulently obtaining LoUs or loan agreements He is also being probed by the Enforcement Directorate ED in a case relating to the laundering of the proceeds of that fraudMeanwhile he also faces two additional charges of causing disappearance of evidence and intimidating witnesses or criminal intimidation to cause death which were added to the CBI caseThe ED has attached several assets of Nirav Modi running into crores of rupees in connection with the caseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever