Overview

• Choksi alleges he was abducted from Antigua in May 2021, beaten and forced by a yacht to Dominica in an attempt to extract a false confession for political ends
• Justice Freedman dismissed India’s bid to split its immunity plea and exclude expert evidence, and awarded legal costs to Choksi
• India denies any role in the kidnapping and contends its actions are shielded by sovereign immunity and outside UK jurisdiction
• Choksi remains in Belgian custody awaiting separate extradition proceedings on charges tied to the $1.8 billion Punjab National Bank fraud
• Legal experts say the ruling could set a precedent on state immunity limits and influence cross-border prosecutions of alleged financial crimes