Christian Michel

Agusta-Westland case: Court seeks jail conduct report of Christian Michel

A court here on Wednesday directed the director general of Delhi prisons to submit a report on the conduct of Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland case, during his incarceration. Hearing James' application for production of conduct report, Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal said, "Issue notice of the above application to the ED as well as to the superintendent (of the) jail concerned (in) Tihar with directions to the DG (Prisons), Delhi, to file a consolidated report qua the above application positively on or before March 18." The court previously imposed bail conditions in the cases against James, who was extradited from Dubai in December 2018 before being arrested by the CBI and the ED later. James is among the three alleged middlemen being probed in the case. The other two are Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa. The CBI, in its chargesheet, claimed an estimated loss of 398.21 million euros (about Rs 2,666 crore) to the exchequer due to the AgustaWestland de

Agusta-Westland case: Christian Michel refuses bail, cites 'security risks'

Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman in AgustaWestland case, on Friday offered to "finish his sentence" and leave India instead of walking out on bail owing to "security risks". James was addressing special judge Sanjeev Aggarwal when he made the plea. Following the reprieve in the CBI and ED cases against him, the special court imposed the necessary bail conditions for releasing him on bail. While the Delhi High Court on March 4 granted him bail in the ED case and directed for saddling Michel with the necessary bail riders, the Supreme Court on February 18 granted the relief in the CBI case subject to the trial court's conditions. On Friday, the judge asked James, "How are you now? God has been kind to you in the last two months. You have got bail in both cases." James, however, said, "Delhi is just a larger prison. My family cannot come to me...My security is at risk. I would rather complete my sentence and leave the country." The judge asked Michel how could he continu

Delhi HC grants bail to Christian Michel in Rs 3,600 cr AgustaWestland case

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to alleged middleman Christian Michel James in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma granted the reprieve to James after the order on his bail plea was reserved on February 28. Details of the order are awaited. The Supreme Court previously granted bail to the British national in a related CBI case on February 18. Probe agencies reported irregularities in the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from Italian manufacturing company AgustaWestland. The ED's counsel opposed Michel's plea, saying the British national did not meet the "twin tests" for grant of bail under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and was a flight risk. Michel's lawyer sought the relief on grounds that he had already spent a substantial amount of time in custody. He earlier submitted while the anti-money laundering law has a maximum punishment of seven years, he spent over six years in jail. James was extradited from Du

AgustaWestland PMLA case: HC questions ED's dissent to Michel's bail plea

The bench of Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma questioned the Enforcement Directorate after James' lawyer, Aljo K Joseph, mentioned the Supreme Court's bail ruling

SC grants bail to AgustaWestland 'middleman' Christian Michel James

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta observed James was in custody for the past six years while the investigation in the matter was still underway

AgustaWestland: Court dismisses middleman Christian Michel's bail plea

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 .

VVIP chopper case: Delhi HC denies bail to alleged middleman Michel

The Delhi High Court on Friday turned down the bail applications filed by Christian James Michel, the alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam.

UN panel's finding on Michel based on limited info, biased allegations: MEA

India also made it clear that the Working Group is not a judicial body, and therefore, its opinions are not legally binding on the member states

Despite Nirav Modi win, how India stands in catching economic offenders

In the last five years, India managed to bring only about 20 fugitive offenders including AgustaWestland deal middleman Christian Michel James

UN pulls up India on British businessman Christian Michel detention

It has also asked the Narendra Modi government to immediately release him and provide an enforceable right to compensation in acc­o­rdance with international law.

Questions abound as CBI seeks to chargesheet former CAG Shashi Kant Sharma

When Shashi Kant Sharma was appointed CAG in 2013, BJP had noted that he would be handling an audit into his own role in the AgustaWestland chopper deal - a classic case of conflict of interest

AgustaWestland case: CBI court lets ED further interrogate Christian Michel

Michel was extradited from Dubai in 2018 and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with alleged irregularities in the chopper deal

Court junks Christian Michel's plea on entry of ED, CBI officials in Tihar

Michel had moved the court seeking inquiry to be conducted into the entry of agency officials into the jail without seeking prior permission from the court

AgustaWestland case: Court allows ED to probe Christian Michel in Tihar

On January 5, Michel was sent to judicial custody in the ED case

AgustaWestland case: Christian Michel's bail plea hearing in HC tomorrow

Michel, who is in judicial custody since January 5 this year and has been denied relief in both matters by the trial court, moved the high court against the lower court's decision

VVIP Chopper case: CBI seeks court permission to question Michel in Tihar

Michel, extradited from Dubai, was arrested by ED on December 22 last year

Lives are not for barter

It would be despicable if Christian Michel's extradition was part of a deal linked with the capture of Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum

Youth Congress expels lawyer who appeared for Christian Michel in court

"Aljo K Joseph appeared in his personal capacity. He did not consult the Youth Congress before appearing in the case"

Christian Michel has till October 2 to challenge Dubai extradition decision

In a decision dated September 2, the Dubai Court of Appeals had ruled that he can be extradited to the authorities concerned in India