Overview

• The Enforcement Directorate opposed Mehul Choksi’s plea to drop the Fugitive Economic Offender proceedings, saying he does not want to return and is contesting extradition in Belgium.
• Choksi was arrested in Belgium in April on a Central Bureau of Investigation request and remains in prison there pending an extradition decision.
• Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh argued the FEO law permits the case to continue until Choksi appears in India, adding the agency could reconsider if he surrenders.
• Choksi’s lawyers argued his detention in Belgium amounts to “constructive custody,” claiming a fugitive designation is improper while extradition is underway.
• The ED cited the Nirav Modi precedent and accused Choksi of filing numerous delaying applications, as the special court scheduled further hearing on the plea.