A Delhi court today declared liquor businessman Vijay Mallya a proclaimed offender for evading summons in a FERA violation case. <br/><br/>Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Shehrawat passed the order after noting that Mallya failed to appear before it despite repeated summonses.<br/><br/>The court said, Mallya failed to appear before it within 30 days, and no representation was made on his behalf, therefore his is declared to be a proclaimed offender.<br/><br/>The court had in April last year issued an open-ended non-bailable warrant against the liquor baron. <br/><br/>In November 2016, the court had observed that Mallya had no inclination to return and had scant regard for the law of the land. <br/>