PNB Scam: The court was hearing a CBI plea challenging an August 23 order of the Bombay High Court that allowed Mehta to travel to Hong Kong and stay there for three months.
Nirav Modi: Some assets of Nirav Modi in Hong Kong were identified in the form of gems and jewelleries lying in private vaults and bank balances in accounts maintained there and these have been provisionally attached under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), it said.
The book, 'Flawed: The Rise and Fall of India's Diamond Mogul Nirav Modi' depicts the story of high-profile tycoon Nirav Modi, one of the biggest diamond merchants in India.
This is the third such order in a span of about two weeks, with the total value of properties owned by Nirav Modi's companies being restored in this manner now standing at approximately Rs 1,000 crore.
The CPS, which represents the Indian authorities in court, highlighted that the appeal can be heard at a full hearing on two grounds related to the mental health of the 50-year-old diamantaire, who is lodged at Wandsworth Prison in south-west London as he fights his extradition to face charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case.
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit termed fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi as an "Indian citizen" and stated that the courts will decide what happens to the fugitive.
The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has started investigations into the alleged abduction of absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi to neighbouring Dominica.
After businessman and fugitive Mehul Choksi went missing from Antigua and Barbuda, the Central Buraeu of Investigation (CBI) here has spurred into action.
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, fighting extradition to India on charges over the nearly $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case, was on Tuesday remanded in custody until 11 May, when his five-day trial will take place in a part-remote setting.
Modi, wanted in India in connection with the Rs 13,500 crore PNB fraud case, appeared via video link at the Westminster Magistrate's Court for a brief hearing. He is lodged in the Wandsworth prison.
Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, wanted in India in connection with the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case, is set to appear before a UK court for his customary 28-day remand hearing on Thursday.
Fugitive diamantaire and key accused in PNB fraud case Nirav Modi's four Swiss bank accounts have been frozen by the authorities in Switzerland on request of India, confirmed Enforcement Department on Thursday.
The British daily Telegraph reported that billionaire diamond tycoon, accused in the USD 2 billion PNB fraud case, has been tracked down by it to an 8 million pound apartment in London's West End.
The senior IAS official had issued the demolition orders after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) handed over the property situated in Raigad district, over 90 km from Mumbai.
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, a prime accused in the PNB fraud case, told a court here on Saturday that Punjab National Bank gave "colour of criminality" to "usual civil banking transactions" to hide its own poor performance.
British authorities have informed India that bank fraud fugitive Nirav Modi is living in the UK, the government has said.
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne had earlier claimed that at the time Choksi took the citizenship last year there was no case pending against him.
The visit follows the case it registered against Nirav Modi earlier this year following three different cases filed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Choksi said that due to his ill-health he would not be able possible to travel and attend the court.
The issue of the final signing of the memorandum of understanding on illegal immigrants was raised by UK Minister of State for Countering Extremism Baroness Williams during her talks with Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju here yesterday.
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