The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, has given fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi anonymity, shielding his case from public scrutiny, according to officials.
They stated that the court will handle his case as confidential and that the procedures will take place out of the public eye.The court cannot release any information about a case in which an applicant has been granted anonymity and the case file is secret, the ECHR Press office said PTI.
The ECHR is expected to hold a hearing on Nirav Modi's appeal in around two weeks. According to sources, the court may render a decision after hearing testimony from the Central Bureau of Investigation.

The last legal obstacle to Modi's extradition to India from the UK, where he is being held in a London prison, will be removed if his plea is denied.
Relying on the "quality of assurances" provided by the Indian government, which it claimed were "comprehensive" enough to neutralise the risk of torture that may have prevented his transfer to India, the UK's High Court of Justice denied Modi's request to reopen his case against extradition in March.
Nirav Modi had no more legal options in the UK after the refusal, so he went to the ECHR. The European Convention on Human Rights has been ratified by the United Kingdom.

Modi's request to reopen his extradition appeal under the Criminal Procedure Rules was "refused" by the High Court of Justice bench made up of Justice Jay and Lord Justice Stuart-Smith. The bench noted that diplomatic commitments made by India between September 2025 and February 2026 "provided a sheaf of assurances that are comprehensive, detailed and reliable." Modi's request to reopen the appeal was based on a February 2025 ruling in defence consultant Sanjay Bhandari's extradition case, when the court described the use of torture by Indian agents to coerce confessions as "commonplace and endemic." Since his arrest in the UK on March 19, 2019, the 55-year-old jeweler—who gained notoriety for his Bollywood clients, international boutique stores, and Cannes appearances—has been detained at Wandsworth prison.

Modi, who has been declared a fugitive in India, is charged with conspiring with his uncle Mehul Choksi, who is incarcerated in Belgium, to commit a Rs 13,000 crore scam at the Punjab National Bank.
The CBI claims that Modi alone embezzled Rs 6,498.20 crore of the entire money that was embezzled.