LONDON: Indian govt has applied to London high court for a point of law of general public importance to be certified to allow India to appeal the Sanjay Bhandari extradition judgment in Britain’s Supreme Court, reports Naomi Canton. Indian authorities are seeking to extradite Bhandari (62), a defence middleman residing in London, to face criminal charges of laundering and wilfully evading taxes in India by not declaring foreign assets and foreign income on his Indian I-T returns, claiming he evaded Rs 197 crore in taxes, contrary to Sec 51 of Black Money Act.
In the tax years 2012 to 2013 and 2015 to 2016 Bhandari, an Indian national, declared he had nil foreign assets despite having amassed Rs 731 crore of foreign assets, the charges state. A high court official said: “An application was filed by Indian govt to certify two points of law of public importance; and grant leave to appeal to SC in relation to those two questions.”