Mumbai, Dec. 24 -- Solicitor-general Tushar Mehta on Tuesday told the Bombay high court that the extradition proceedings against liquor baron Vijay Mallya are at an advanced stage and also expressed apprehension that Mallya may use his pending petition before the high court to delay the process.

Mehta, appearing on behalf of the Central government, was responding to a petition filed by Mallya that challenged the constitutional validity of the Fugitive Economic Offenders (FEO) Act, 2018. Mallya has also challenged a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court order dated January 5, 2019, declaring him an FEO.

On Tuesday, when the petitions came up for hearing, the division bench of chief justice Shree Chandrashekhar and justi...