Fugitive businessman Nirav Modi suffered a major setback after the UK High Court rejected his plea to reopen his extradition case. He had argued that new legal grounds, including concerns over prison conditions, justified reconsideration.
However, the court ruled that there were no exceptional circumstances to revisit the case. Modi, wanted in India for his alleged role in the ₹13,000-crore Punjab National Bank fraud, has been in a UK jail since 2019. Earlier courts had already approved his extradition.
With this decision, his options to delay extradition have narrowed, bringing him closer to being sent back to India for trial.