the lawyer, mr mallya's lawyers, or have a chance to argue their case again.m, then mr mallya could very well be extradited. this whole process could take two or three months. from india's point of view it is very significant. the uk home secretary has signed this. the uk has a record when it comes to extraditing people. it has a very low record in terms of the number of people who have been extradited. for india remember this is significant for two reasons. number one, mr mallya owes indian banks over $1 billion, at which he default it. second, he is also seen as the face of the non—performing assets in india. india has been struggling, grappling with high amount of non—performing assets. in fa ct amount of non—performing assets. in fact it is almost $140 billion right now, the number of non—performing assets, that has put a lot of pressure on indian banks and in turn is putting pressure on the economy. now, with the elections just two months away from prime minister narendra modi, if he manages to get mr mallya into india, it will also bea mr mallya into ind

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