London: A High Court judge in London has granted fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi permission to appeal against a magistrates’ court order in favour of extradition to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering before the Indian courts on mental health and human rights grounds.

The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on Tuesday said it is reviewing the London High Court ruling to Nirav Modi permission to appeal against his extradition order with the Indian government for the next stage in the legal process.

The CPS, 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 PNB scam case. The permission to appeal was denied on all other grounds, including leave to appeal against UK Home Secretary Priti Patel’s extradition order, a legal avenue which is now closed.

Nirav Modi is the subject of two sets of criminal proceedings, with the CBI case in connection with the fraud upon PNB through the fraudulent loan agreements, and the Enforcement Directorate case relating to the laundering of the proceeds of that fraud.

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