The London High Court relied on the "quality of assurances" given by the Government of India in its note verbale while rejecting fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's petition to reopen his case against extradition, officials said. ADVERTISEMENTThe London High Court had discharged Bhandari from the extradition order on human rights grounds. This court's judgment in the Bhandari case presents a worrying picture of the use of proscribed treatment to obtain confessions, which was characterised as commonplace and endemic," the UK court said in its judgment. The Bench held that the assurances given by the Indian government are "specific and not general and vague." The UK courts approved Modi's extradition following his arrest in 2019 and rejected his earlier appeals, finding no legal barriers and accepting assurances regarding his treatment in India, she added.

Source: The Telegraph March 26, 2026 09:13 UTC