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Nirav Modi to appear via videolink for UK remand hearing The 48-year-old, who is fighting extradition to India at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, is expected to be given a confirmed date for his trial, expected in May next year Current Affairs  :- Outlaw diamantaire Nirav Modi, needed regarding the about $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) extortion and tax evasion case, will show up under the watchful eye of a UK court through videolink from his London jail on Thursday for a standard bring over remand hearing. The 48-year-old, who is battling removal to India at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, is relied upon to be given an affirmed date for his preliminary, expected in May one year from now. No advancement today, I’m apprehensive, Judge Tan Ikram said at the keep going bring over hearing on August 22, as he gave headings for the court agent to look for an affirmation of the proposed five-day removal preliminary to begin on May 11, 2020. There is additionally pr...

Mehul Choksi will be brought back to India to face the law: Rajnath Government sources said India continues to pursue Choksi’s return with the government of Antigua through diplomatic and legal channels Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday attested that fleeing diamantaire Mehul Choksi won’t be saved and will be taken back to India to confront the law. Singh, who established the framework stone for a Kendriya Vidyalaya at a CISF camp, said this in light of an inquiry regarding Choksi surrendering his Indian Passport to the High Commission in Guyana. The precious stone gem specialist had taken citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda after his name sprung up in the $2 billion extortion at a Mumbai-based part of the  PNB alongside his nephew and agent Nirav Modi. “We have brought the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act and there is a procedure under that law (to check misrepresentation cases). He (Choksi) will be conveyed to India without a doubt. Nobody will be saved. Move wil...