ED said the action was undertaken by French authorities on its request and the agency found a large sum was remitted abroad from the bank account of Kingfisher Airlines for the asset.
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla raised the issue of economic offenders being extradited to face the Indian judicial system with several UK ministers and officials.
The Centre had earlier informed the apex court in October that Mallya cannot be extradited to India until a separate secret legal process in the UK is resolved.
The documentary series has been caught up in legal troubles since the release of its trailer, which resulted in the trailer being taken down and the release being stayed.
Advocate Rajat Nair said the extradition request has been made as per the Supreme Court's direction, but the Centre was not aware about how it is being carried out.
The Netflix show, that was due to air 2 September, has been stayed after cases filed by different parties have tried to de-label some of these billionaires as bad boys.
Mallya was seeking a review of a Supreme Court order that held him guilty of contempt for transferring $40 million to his children in violation of the order.
It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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