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The Bombay High Court rejected Vijay Mallya's appeal for a stay on the Enforcement Directorate's petition declaring him a "fugitive economic offender" and seizing his property, citing his absence in India.

The court stated that the hearing of the case would only take place once he returns to India, according to NDTV.

Mallya had opposed the charges against him by the ED under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act with his legal representative, calling the use of this legislation into question.

Mallya's lawyer, Amit Desai, informed the chief justice that Mallya was currently in London, to which bench replied: "You must first return to India, only then will w

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