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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a plea of alleged middleman Christian Michel James seeking modification of his bail conditions in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma heard the counsel for James and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and said she would pass a detailed order in the matter. Michel, who joined the proceedings from Tihar Jail through video-conferencing, confirmed filing the plea through his lawyer. The court previously asked Michel whether he had filed the application through his counsel for the modification of bail conditions. James sought relaxing the bail condition which asked him to furnish a surety of Rs 5 lakh aside from asking to revoke the condition of surrendering his passport. His old passport expired and the process of obtaining a new one is likely to take at least four-eight weeks, his plea said. James' counsel said he couldn't be made to languish in jail even after securing bail till
The Supreme Court on Friday sought the CBI's response on a plea filed by alleged middleman Christian Michel James seeking bail in the purported Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland scam case. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and P B Varale issued notice to the CBI and directed it to file its reply within four weeks. "Issue notice, returnable four weeks," the bench said. The alleged scam pertains to the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from chopper design and manufacturing company AgustaWestland. James moved the apex court challenging the Delhi High Court's September 25 order refusing him bail in the case. James, a British national, was extradited from Dubai in December, 2018, and was subsequently arrested. The high court previously dismissed his bail application, observing there was no significant change in circumstances from the time when his earlier bail pleas were rejected. He is among the three alleged middlemen probed in the case with the other two being Guido Haschke and Carlo ...
A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the bail application of alleged middleman Christian Michel in a corruption case related to alleged AgustaWestland scam considering the serious nature of accusations and gravity of offence. Special Judge Arvind Kumar dismissed the application moved by Michel, claiming parity with other accused in the case. The judge also said the accused was a British National having no roots in India and, therefore, a flight risk. He said Michel cannot claim parity with other accused" in view of his conduct. The judge dismissed the contention of the accused that on the same set of charges a trial was conducted against him in Italy and the Italian court acquitted him of the same allegations, noting the judgment of the court there was in respect of other accused persons and on different issues like international bribery and tax fraud committed in 2009-2010. The judge said in the present case the accused is facing criminal proceedings for corruption, cheating and .