NEW DELHI: Belgium’s Supreme Court docket has turned down Mehul Choksi’s attraction in opposition to his extradition to India. Court docket officers stated that the order from the Antwerp Court docket of Attraction, which had cleared the way in which for his extradition, will now stand.Spokesperson for Court docket of Cassation, Advocaat-generaal Henri Vanderlinden, instructed PTI, “The Court docket of Cassation rejected the attraction. So, the choice of the Court docket of Attraction stands. The method of his extradition will start now,” officers stated.Choksi had gone to the Court docket of Cassation on 30 October, hoping to overturn the appellate courtroom’s determination issued on 17 October. After reviewing the matter, it dismissed his problem. This additionally ends the non permanent pause on the extradition order. Earlier, the Antwerp Court docket of Attraction had agreed to India’s request to extradite Choksi within the Punjab Nationwide Financial institution fraud case. It stated the fees in opposition to him, together with legal conspiracy, dishonest, embezzlement and forgery, are crimes below each Indian and Belgian regulation. The courtroom additionally stated there was no proof to assist Choksi’s claims that the case was politically motivated or that he had been forcibly taken from Antigua. Indian officers had submitted particulars about his medical care and circumstances in custody. The courtroom famous that he can be saved in Barrack No. 12 of Mumbai’s Arthur Highway Jail, which has personal sanitary amenities, and that his motion can be allowed just for medical wants or courtroom hearings. It stated there was nothing to recommend he would face mistreatment or an unfair trial. Choksi was arrested in Antwerp on 11 April 2025 after India formally requested his extradition. He and his nephew Nirav Modi are accused within the alleged Rs 13,000-crore PNB fraud.