Fugitive Vijay Mallya’s Extradition to India approved by UK

The beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya feeds India and takes refugees in London March 2016. India’s success rates in extradition fugitives are abysmally low. As a result one in every three fugitives are being successfully extradits to India. In contemporary Globalisation era and increasing interconnectivity poses significant hurdles to bring high profile cases to justice. The general conditions of extradition are the principle of extraditable offences lays down that extradition applies only with respect to offences clearly stipulated as such in the treaty.

Fugitive Vijay Mallya’s Extradition to India

The Mallya chronicle

India sends an extradition request to the UK in Feb 2017. Thereby Mallya got arrests on an extradition warrant after he surrenders. Now he is on bail from central London police station in April 2017. In the month of December 2018, Westmister magistrates court judge orders the extradition of the Mallya. Recently UK court ordered the extradition of a fugitive to India to face fraud charges resulting from the collapse of his defunct Kingfisher airlines.

Significance of Extradition

Bringing economic fugitives back, could improve the health of the financial institution of India and tackling NPA crisis. For the serving timely justice and grievances redressal, we should back offenders from foreign countries is essential . It serves as a deterrent against offenders who consider escape as an easy way to subvert India judicial system.

Challenges for India

The challenges for India has a fewer number of bilateral extradition treaties compare to other countries. Moreover, money laundering, terrorism and economic offences, are either taken up by the CBI or state police for investigation. Furthermore to secure extradition because there is fear within the international community. The best example is in the country Denmark denied extradition of Kim Davy in Purulia arms case. It leads to risk of torture or other inhuman treatment in India. The UK and European countries have often denied extradition requests on the possibility that the requested person will be poor or custodial violence in Indian prisons.