The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) declined to hear absconding businessman Vijay Mallya’s petition questioning the constitutional validity of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEO Act) unless he first returns to India and submits to its jurisdiction.
Mr. Mallya has moved two petitions before the High Court — one challenging the special court’s 2019 order declaring him a fugitive economic offender, and another questioning the constitutional validity of the FEO Act.
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A Division Bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad observed that he cannot pursue both pleas simultaneously while remaining abroad.
‘First submit to court’s jurisdiction’
