Overview
- Advocaat-generaal Henri Vanderlinden confirmed the Court of Cassation will hear the case on December 9, with review limited to legal and procedural issues and no new evidence.
- Choksi is challenging the October 17 Antwerp Court of Appeal decision that deemed India’s extradition request enforceable based on Mumbai arrest warrants from 2018 and 2021.
- The Antwerp court found no credible risk of denial of justice or ill‑treatment if returned to India, noting CBI allegations that Choksi siphoned ₹6,400 crore of the ₹13,000 crore PNB fraud.
- India provided detailed assurances on custody and care, telling Belgian courts he would be lodged in Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail, Barrack No. 12, with specified cell space and sanitary facilities.
- Reports that Choksi fled to Cuba were refuted by his lawyer, and Antigua’s prime minister said such a departure was unlikely; he has recently been seen in Belgium for medical treatment.