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AgustaWestland scam accused Christian Michel’s plea rejected: When can an undertrial be freed from prison?
August 08, 2025 6:39 pm
Michel argued that he has already spent seven years, the maximum sentence for his stipulated offence, in prison and was thus entitled to be released under Section 436-A of the CrPC
Delhi HC reserves order on AgustaWestland middleman Christian Michel James’s plea to modify bail conditions
May 08, 2025 3:38 am
Christian Michel James, who was extradited from the UAE in 2018 in the AgustaWestland chopper scam case, also virtually joined the proceedings at the Delhi High Court from jail.
AgustaWestland chopper case: Delhi court allows Christian Michel to apply for passport from jail
March 11, 2025 8:27 pm
The Delhi HC had last Tuesday granted Christian Michel bail in the case registered by the ED.
VVIP chopper scam: Supreme Court seeks CBI’s response on Michel James’ bail plea
December 07, 2024 2:09 pm
Michel James, one of the alleged middlemen in the deal for purchase of 12 VVIP choppers, was extradited from UAE in 2018 to stand trial in the case. He moved the SC after the Delhi High Court denied him bail on September 25 this year.
From firms listening in Delhi hotel to a list of 96 contacts, what Christian Michel told ED
December 07, 2021 7:10 am
🔴Over the past three days, The Indian Express reported key revelations from the ED's interrogation, including Michel’s claims on how he lobbied the then UPA Government to salvage the deal in 2010, an intervention by then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Michel signed ‘sham contracts’ to hide trail of Agusta kickbacks: ED
December 06, 2021 12:57 pm
🔴 The report reveals the mistrust between Michel and Guido Haschke, the other alleged middleman for AgustaWestland, and the admission that his deals with the Italian company made up 80 per cent of his Dubai firm's revenue.
AgustaWestland ‘middleman’ Christian Michel on hunger strike, kin flag ‘delay’ in trial
November 27, 2021 8:02 am
🔴 Michel had sought the UK government’s intervention in a letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last month, saying he would remain on a hunger strike till it took action.
AgustaWestland deal: Court rejects middleman Christian Michel’s bail pleas
June 19, 2021 9:42 am
The court, after perusing Michel's medical report filed by the jail authorities, observed that Michel was getting proper treatment inside the jail and hence "no case is made out for grant of bail on medical grounds."
UN body seeks Michel release, India rejects opinion
February 27, 2021 8:07 am
The WGAD, a body under the United Nations, has also taken cognizance of submission by Michel’s lawyers that his handover to India in 2018 by UAE authorities was a “swap deal” for Princess Latifa, they said.
Agusta Westland deal: Key accused details how kickbacks were paid, links to Kamal Nath’s nephew, son
November 05, 2025 11:11 am
Chartered accountant Rajiv Saxena's statement, running over 1000 pages, show him claiming that his role was “liited to the structures and managing the execution” for key players like Sushen Mohan Gupta, Ratul Puri and Gautam Khaitan.
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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.
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
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