The High Court in London on Monday ordered embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya to pay an estimated $90 million to a Singapore-based aircraft leasing company in claims.

The case involves a number of aircraft leased by Vijay Mallya's now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines from BOC Aviation in 2014.

High Court judge Justice Picken, sitting at the Business and Property Courts of the high court, ruled Feb 5 that the 'defendants have no real prospect of successfully defending the claim' brought by BOC Aviation in Singapore and BOC Aviation (Ireland) Ltd.

Kingfisher Airlines Ltd and the United Breweries Ltd were listed as the defendants in the case.

In November Diageo, the United Kingdom-based producer of Johnnie Walker whiskey, sued Mallya, his son Siddharth and the Mallya entity United Spirits Ltd for nearly $200 million for breach of contract and making questionable payments made by affiliated companies, among other claims.

Mallya, 62, is currently in the midst of a long-drawn out extradition trial at Westminster Magistrate's Court in London for allegedly defaulting a consortium of Indian banks of more than Rs 9,000 crore. -- ANI