UK court gives Mallya permission to spend 18,000 pounds a week

Embattled Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering, will get over 18,000 pounds as weekly allowance, a three-fold increase following a recent UK High Court order.
Mallya's lawyers had applied to the court for additional living expenses as part of an estimated USD 1.5-billion worldwide freezing order against the 62-year-old businessman last year.
In an order dated January 30, Justice Robin Knowles permitted the increase in Mallyas "ordinary living expenses allowance" to a maximum of 18,325.31 pounds a week.
"This order does not prohibit the First Respondent (Mallya) from spending 18,325.31 pounds a week, to be aggregated quarterly, towards his ordinary living expenses," the court order states.