Mumbai, Feb. 12 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked businessman Vijay Mallya to clarify his stand on coming back to India failing which it won't hear his plea challenging his fugitive economic offender status unless he returns to India.
Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad gave direction during the hearing of the two petitions moved by Mallya challenging an order declaring him as a fugitive economic offender and also questioning the constitutional validity of the 2018 Act.
During the hearing, the court has given Mallya a final chance to clarify his stance on returning to India, with the next hearing scheduled for February 18.
The bench added that it may otherwise record that he is avoiding legal proceedings...