India, Dec. 23 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked businessman Vijay Mallya to clarify when he intends to return to India, making it clear that it would not hear his challenge to the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act unless he first submits to the court's jurisdiction.

Mallya, who has been based in the UK since 2016, has moved two petitions before the high court: one challenging the order declaring him a fugitive economic offender and the other questioning the constitutional validity of the 2018 law, PTI reported.

The court raised the issue of his return while hearing the pleas of the 70-year-old liquor baron, who is wanted in India to face trial on charges of fraud and money laundering.

HT had earlier reported on December 5 that t...