Meet Mark Summers: India's Prosecutor in Vijay Mallya extradition case

Mark Summers, the British lawyer hired by India to fight the extradition case against liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, is a specialist in all areas of extradition and mutual assistance, international law and criminal EU law.
 
Summers, known well for this technical knowledge and detailing, was previously Chair of the Extradition Lawyers' Association. He regularly advises and appears on behalf of individuals and foreign governments in UK and abroad.
 
Mark is consistently ranked by both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 as a leading silk in crime and extradition cases.
 
The Crown Prosecution service in London is representing the Indian government in court.
 
Vijay Mallya is accused of defaulting on loan amounting to Rs 9,000 crore from 17 different banks across India for his bankrupt Kingfisher Airlines. The Enforcement Directorate is also investigating in a second charge of money laundering.
 
A confidant of the judges, Summers, on Mallya's extradition hearing said that the loans were sanctioned by the banks on that basis of the business plan, that showed that the airline would turn profitable by 2011, despite the fact that it didn't turn out to be so at any point of time.
 
As a part of evidence against Mallya, India initially submitted a 2000 page dossier in the court. Another set of documents was later provided before the court for the charge of money laundering filed in October.
 
Vijay Mallya, who has been in the UK since 2016, has reportedly said that he would not come back to India.