A UK court today asked the Indian authorities to submit a video within three weeks of Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail cell where they plan to keep Vijay Mallya post-extradition, as it set September 12 as the date for closing arguments in his extradition trial.

During a brief hearing today, Judge Emma Arbuthnot said, she was not able to hear the case fully and just addressed representations from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), representing the Indian government, and Mallya’s defence team on the conditions at Barrack 12 of Mumbai Central Prison.

She asked the Indian authorities to submit a step by step video of Barrack 12 for the avoidance of doubt over the availability of natural light in the cell where the 62-year-old businessman is expected to be detained pre-trial, during the trial and in the event he is convicted by the Indian courts.

Mallya, who has been on bail on an extradition warrant since his arrest in April last year, is fighting extradition to India on charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to around 9,000 crore rupees. As he arrived in court this morning for the hearing, he reiterated his offer to settle dues with the Indian courts.

The CPS today presented its arguments in favour of the government of India to address the judge’s concerns arising out of a National Human Rights Commission of India prisons report from earlier this year.