It's still a bird in the bush
by Rukmini Rao
Dec 14, 2018
3 minutes
It is being celebrated by the government as a 'win' for India, but the decision by Emma Arbuthnot, chief magistrate of the Westminster Magistrates' Court, that billionaire fugitive Vijay Mallya can be extradited to India does not mean he will be back to face the music anytime soon. Arbuthnot's order is more a recommendation to the home secretary, Sajid Javid, with whom the power to extradite rests. Mallya can appeal Arbuthnot's decision within two
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