Agustawestland Case

AgustaWestland scam: SC to hear bail pleas of Christian Michel James on Tue

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear on February 7 the bail pleas of Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scam in which the CBI and the ED have lodged two separate cases. The matter came up for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, which said the pleas would be heard next Tuesday. The Rs 3,600-crore alleged scam relates to the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland. In May last year, the apex court had sought the responses of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the bail pleas of James. During an earlier hearing, the counsel for the accused had said the case was covered under section 436A of the CrPC (maximum period for which an under trial prisoner can be detained) and James had served 50 per cent of the sentence for the offence allegedly committed by him. The accused was extradited from Dubai in December 2018 a

AgustaWestland: Delhi court extends businessman's custody by five days

Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar extended the ED custody of Gupta after he was produced before the court on expiry of his five days remand granted on January 31

AgustaWestland case: ED's plea to scrap Rajiv Saxena's bail dismissed

The court had recently refused to revoke the approver status of Saxena, sought by the ED through an application

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

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

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

Ratul Puri's ED custody extended till Sept 16 in AgustaWestland case

Puri was arrested by ED on September 4 and his custody was ending today

AgustaWestland chopper scam: ED arrests Ratul Puri for money laundering

Puri, already in judicial custody in a separate money laundering case related to an alleged bank loan fraud, was produced before a Delhi court

AgustaWestland case: Four fresh chargesheets filed against Gautam Khaitan

The Income-Tax Department filed at least nine chargesheets against him in 2018 and the year before on similar charges

AgustaWestland: Delhi court issues production warrant against Sushen Gupta

Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar issued production warrant against Gupta after Tihar Jail authorities, where he is lodged, could not produce him

ED, Christian Michel seek enquiry into AgustaWestland charge sheet leak

The court will take up ED's plea related to leakage of the charge sheet copy on April 11

Court summons Christian Michel's business partner in VVIP chopper case

The court also summoned two firms -- Global Services FZE and Global Traders

VVIP chopper case: Court seeks ED's response on defence agent's bail plea

Gupta was arrested by the agency under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)

VVIP chopper case: Cong hits back at Jaitley for making 'bogus' allegations

The Congress on Saturday hit back at Arun Jaitley for making allegations in the AgustaWestland VVIP choppers case, saying the Finance Minister is showing immense faith in "diary entries" to level "bogus" charges, even as the BJP is "mute" on Sahara and Yeddy diaries. Jaitley had said the Congress should answer as to who were referred to as "RG", "AP" and "FAM" in documents cited by the ED in the AgustaWestland VVIP choppers case and added that Swiss police had also seized papers carrying similar initials in its raids in connection with the case in 2013. Hitting back, Congress's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted: "Suddenly, FM shows immense faith in 'Diary entries' to make Bogus Allegations! What's good for the goose is good for the gander!" "Why is PM Modi & BJP silent on Sahara Diaries? Why is PM Modi & BJP mute on Yeddy Diaries? Duplicity & Doublespeak is ingrained in BJP's DNA," he said. The purported Sahara diaries, which listed alleged pay-offs to ...

Michel identified AP as Ahmed Patel: ED chargesheet in AgustaWestland case

Patel in the past has denied any wrongdoing in the case

VVIP chopper scam: ED summons Kamal Nath's nephew for interrogation

Ratul Puri, denied having "any connection or involvement of any kind in defence or the case"

AgustaWestland case accused Gautam Khaitan moves fresh bail plea in court

The court directed ED's special public prosecutor N K Matta and advocate Samvedna Verma to respond to the application

AgustaWestland case: Production warrant issued against Christian Michel

ED seeks production warrant against the Deepak Talwar

Court reserves order on Gautam Khaitan's bail plea for February 19

Special Judge Arvind Kumar reserved the order after the agency submitted that the charge sheet in the case was about to be filed and if left free, Khaitan may tamper with the evidence

VVIP chopper case: Delhi court sends Christian Michel to judicial custody

Michel was earlier lodged in the Tihar Jail in a related CBI case

Friendship between Christian Michel and Cong 'time-tested, deep': Amit Shah

'In national interest, Michel's lawyer must tell us about the existence of documents of 2008, which make a reference to Mrs Gandhi,' said Shah