Vijay Mallya assets freeze order in UK courts until April 2018

Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, who is undergoing an extradition trial in a UK court over Rs 9,000-crore fraud and money laundering charges, will be dealing with a parallel litigation around an estimated USD 1.5 billion worldwide freeze order on his assets well into 2018.

According to court documents submitted at the UK High Court, the claim brought by 13 Indian banks against the 61- year-old businessman will come up for a hearing in April next year.

"The First Respondent's (Mallya) application to set aside the Freezing Injunction is to be set down for hearing on the first available date after 11 April 2018 with a time estimate of 2 days," states the court document.

The litigation in the Queen's Bench Division of the commercial court in England's High Court of Justice lists the State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Corporation Bank, Federal Bank Ltd, IDBI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Jammu & Kashmir Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, Punjab National Bank, State Bank ..