London: A UK high court Wednesday rejected the application of fugitive diamond jeweller Nirav Modi against his extradition to India.

According to news agency PTI, a senior UK high court official said Modi’s permission to appeal against extradition “was rejected on paper”. Modi, sources said, will now have the option to file an application within five days for an oral hearing, with a renewed “leave to appeal” application, for a judge to determine if it can proceed to a full appeal hearing.

Last year, fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya too had made a similar application for an oral hearing against his extradition to India in an alleged case of bank fraud. While the high court did not give Mallya the permission to appeal, his extradition is pending as the UK government is looking into a confidential matter pertaining to the promoter of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines.