The High Court in London will hear evidence from two psychiatrists on their differing views over the level of suicide risk posed by fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi if he were to be extradited to India, a two-judge panel ruled on Tuesday at a continuation appeal hearing.
Lord Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith and Justice Robert Jay concluded that three days, expected in October, will be set aside for a substantial hearing to address a change in the "evidential landscape" in the extradition case involving the 51-year-old diamond merchant.
He is wanted in India to face charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to an estimated $2 billion in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan scam case and had lodged an appeal last year against a lower court's extradition order on mental health grounds.
