Agusta Westland

ED opposes AgustaWestland ‘middleman’ Christian Michel James’s bail plea, says he’s a flight risk

February 25, 2025 2:21 pm

His counsel says in the Delhi HC that Christian Michel James’s passport has already expired. He has got bail in the CBI case related to the AgustaWestland chopper scam.

AgustaWestland case: Delhi High Court says ‘insufficient’ reasons to refuse bail to alleged middleman Christian Michel James

September 19, 2024 10:42 am

Christian Michel James also faces an FIR by CBI, filed on March 14, 2013, in the AgustaWestland choppers case.

AgustaWestland: SC refuses to entertain bail plea of alleged middleman Christian Michel James

March 18, 2024 7:27 pm

On February 7 last year, the top court had denied bail to James and rejected the submission that he be released on the ground that he has completed half of maximum sentence in the cases.

250 witnesses still left, how long can Agusta accused be kept in jail, asks SC

December 07, 2022 9:23 am

Section 436 CrPC says that where an undertrial has been in prison for up to one-half of the maximum period of imprisonment specified for the offence he is charged with, he or she shall be released by court.

ED opposes Agusta accused bail: Flight risk, may try to tamper evidence

August 03, 2022 2:56 am

In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the agency said, “His extradition has been obtained with extreme difficulties and procedural impediments”.

AgustaWestland case: CBI chargesheets ex-Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma

March 16, 2022 11:12 pm

Former Air Vice Marshal Jasbir Singh Panesar was also named in the chargesheet.

PM (Manmohan) asking Cabinet on Agusta threw us to wolves: Michel

December 06, 2021 8:54 am

🔴 While Michel awaits trial in Tihar jail, The Indian Express has accessed the voluminous report on his interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate, in which he claims how he lobbied with the then UPA Government when, as he describes it, the deal was “on the edge of the cliff” before it was pushed through in 2010.

Congress questions govt call to lift ban on deals with AgustaWestland parent

November 09, 2021 2:05 am

Leonardo SpA's subsidiary AgustaWestland had been involved in the alleged scam surrounding the Rs 3,500-crore VVIP chopper deal, and the BJP had repeatedly criticised the Congress over the same.

Govt moves to lift procurement ban on firm linked to VVIP chopper scam

November 07, 2021 10:37 pm

The official, who is from the Defence Ministry, stressed that the lifting of the ban was based on certain conditions the company will have to comply with.

Businessman gets bail in Agusta Westland case being probed by ED

April 05, 2021 7:04 pm

A Delhi court granted bail to Anoop Kumar Gupta, saying the ED’s contention that he may abscond ‘does not appear to have much substance’.

Express Eye for Detail 16: What went wrong in Bulandshahr, Christian Michel’s role in AgustaWestland scam and more

June 22, 2020 6:08 pm

This week we look at how UP got to a place where mob violence that spiralled out of control got a police officer killed, why the extradition of Christian Michel is a political hot potato & how a WhatsApp video ruined a woman’s life in Kerela.

Manohar Parrikar: Invisible Hand Guided Action Or Inaction in AgustaWestland Probe

May 05, 2016 11:24 am

AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper Deal : How to study the new revelations

October 09, 2014 3:36 pm

Manu Pubby explains his latest exclusive story for The Indian Express on the AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper deal. On February, 2014, The Indian Express published a report by him showing how a note that Italian prosecutors produced in court to show the vital role played by middleman Christian Michel in fixing the VVIP chopper deal, has the British 'consultant' telling top AgustaWestland officials to 'target' the closest advisers for UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for the contract. http://iexp.in/wod62358