Mehul Choksi alleges India orchestrated 2021 kidnap plot in Antigua

The Indian authorities have denied the allegations and objected to the UK jurisdiction on the basis of “state immunity” and also sought permission for expert evidence on Indian law and the Indian Constitution to be taken into account.

During a case management hearing listed before Justice Freedman on Monday, the court was told that Choksi claims to have been tortured back in May 2021 as part of a kidnap attempt “orchestrated by the government of India”.

“For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in these submissions is intended to waive or should be interpreted as waiving India’s state immunity,” the court was told this week by the Indian side.