Overview
- High Court judges ordered a rolled-up hearing in March–April 2026, with written submissions due by mid-February 2026.
- The adjournment followed what the bench called “chunky assurances” from India on pre-trial detention in Mumbai and a promise that agencies would not question Modi on return.
- Four officials from the CBI and ED attended in London as the Crown Prosecution Service opposed reopening, saying the request was not made as soon as practicable and that existing assurances suffice.
- Modi’s lawyers invoked the Sanjay Bhandari judgment and recent human-rights reporting to argue a real risk of torture and to challenge the reliability of India’s assurances, seeking time for expert analysis.
- A previously confidential legal bar, widely believed to be an asylum process, ended unsuccessfully in August 2025; if permission to reopen is refused at the 2026 hearing, extradition could proceed immediately, with Modi facing multiple PNB fraud and money-laundering cases after custody since 2019.