Mumbai, Dec 04: The Bombay High Court, on Thursday, questioned the maintainability of fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya's plea challenging the constitutional validity (vires) of the Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO) Act, 2018, against him.

A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad remarked it would only proceed with the hearing once Mallya’s counsel confirms when the businessman would return to India.

Bench puts condition on hearing

Mallya’s counsel Amit Desai said that the businessman was currently in London.

The bench said: “You come here, then we will hear you. Take instructions on when he will come.” The court expressed “serious doubts” about its ability to hear the petition given the nature of the FEO statute and adjourned the matter until December 23

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