Money laundering case: UK Court rejects Vijay Mallya's attempt to appeal

The UK's Court of Appeal refused Mallya the permission to appeal against a UK High Court order in favour of 13 Indians banks to recover funds amounting to nearly £1.145 billion.

Vijay Mallya has lost his attempt to appeal against a UK High Court order in favour of 13 Indian banks to recover funds amounting to nearly £1.145 billion, in another setback to the embattled liquor tycoon.

The UK's Court of Appeal refused the 62-year-old businessman, who is separately undergoing an extradition trial in a UK court over fraud and money laundering charges by the Indian authorities, the permission to appeal against the High Court order dated May 8. In the ruling, Judge Andrew Henshaw had refused to overturn a worldwide order freezing Mallya's assets and also denied permission to appeal, which