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  SC rejects bail plea of Christian Michel accused in AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam

  India | February 07, 2023 16:27 IST

  The accused was extradited from Dubai and has been in custody since then and the investigation is still not complete, his counsel had said.

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  AgustaWestland scam: CBI files charge sheet against ex-Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma

  India | March 16, 2022 16:52 IST

  The CBI filed the charge sheet after getting the nod from the government to prosecute Shashi Kant Sharma.

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  AgustaWestland case: Court issues notice to ED on Ratul Puri's bail plea

  India | November 17, 2019 12:52 IST

  Puri moved the bail plea through advocate Vijay Agarwal on Saturday, saying he was not required for further investigation and no purpose will be served by keeping him in custody.

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  ED files charge sheet against Ratul Puri in AgustaWestland case

  India | November 02, 2019 13:30 IST

  he charge sheet was filed before Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar and slated the matter for hearing post lunch. This is the sixth supplementary charge sheet in the case and the first against Ratul Puri. Besides Puri, one more accused has been named in the charge sheet.

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  AgustaWestland case: HC seeks response of CBI, ED on James' bail pleas

  India | October 24, 2019 13:01 IST

  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.

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  AgustaWestland case: CBI seeks court nod to quiz Michel

  India | September 17, 2019 13:20 IST

  Michel was taken into custody by the CBI on December 5, 2018 after his extradition from Dubai, while the ED took him into custody on December 22, 2018.

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  Chopper scam: Willing to join probe, Ratul Puri tells court, seeks cancellation of NBW

  India | August 17, 2019 15:17 IST

  The case pertains to alleged irregularities in the purchase of 12 VVIP choppers from Italy-based Finmeccanica's British subsidiary, AgustaWestland.

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  AgustaWestland chopper scam: Christian Michel seeks bail from Delhi court

  India | August 14, 2019 19:11 IST

  Special Judge Arvind Kumar issued a notice to both the agencies and directed them to file their response by August 19, when the court will hear the matter. In his plea, Michel said the investigation regarding him was over and no useful purpose would be served by keeping him in further incarceration.

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  Enforcement Directorate to respond on Ratul Puri's anticipatory bail plea by August 20

  India | August 14, 2019 15:55 IST

  Justice Sunil Gaur asked the agency to file a response supported with a short affidavit. The court asked the agency to state about the developments in the case, reasons why it needed custodial interrogation of Puri and the details and extent of the property attached by the Income Tax Department.

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  VVIP choppers PMLA case: Ratul Puri skips Enforcement Directorate date

  India | August 06, 2019 20:41 IST

  It was not immediately known if the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had given him a fresh date to appear and if Puri had filed a reason for his absence before the agency. The central agency wants to grill Puri in light of certain pieces of evidence gathered in the case and statements of other accused, including Dubai-based operator Rajeev Saxena.

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  Case based on fickle witness: Kamal Nath's nephew, accused of receiving kickbacks in the AgustaWestland deal

  India | July 29, 2019 23:01 IST

  Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul Puri, who is accused of receiving kickbacks in the AgustaWestland deal, on Monday told a court here that the case against him is based on the "statement of a fickle witness".

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  AgustaWestland case: Delhi High Court issues notice to middlemen over bail

  India | July 18, 2019 12:18 IST

  The ED had arrested Gupta on March 26 this year in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP choppers deal case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The agency has alleged that Gupta along with Gautam Khaitan formed shell companies that were used to park the bribe to be paid to politicians and bureaucrats in India in the VVIP Chopper case.

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  AugustaWestland Case: ED approaches CBI court seeking Rajiv Saxena's bail cancellation

  India | July 15, 2019 12:04 IST

  Special Central Bureau of Investigation Judge Arvind Kumar issued the notice to Saxena and posted the matter for hearing on Thursday. On March 25, the court had allowed Saxena to become an approver in the AgustaWestland case.

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  AgustaWestland scam: CBI tracks Rs 67 crore kickbacks in Rajeev Saxena's bank account

  India | June 27, 2019 0:20 IST

  The CBI has tracked down Rs 67-crore kickbacks in an account operated by Rajeev Saxena, an accused in the money laundering case in the Agusta Westland chopper scam.

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  AgustaWestland chopper case: Christian Michel seeks judicial inquiry for being shifted to solitary confinement

  India | March 02, 2019 14:13 IST

  Michel, extradited from Dubai, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on December 22 last year. 

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  VVIP chopper money laundering case: Rajeev Saxena moves Delhi court to become approver; hearing tomorrow

  India | February 27, 2019 16:53 IST

  Saxena said that he has cooperated with the investigation throughout and has made known entire facts regarding the case.

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  AgustaWestland: Rajiv Saxena's interim bail extended till February 25

  India | February 22, 2019 18:16 IST

  A Delhi court on Friday extended the interim bail granted to Dubai-based businessman Rajiv Saxena till February 25 in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.

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  AgustaWestland VVIP choppers case: ED arrests Rajeev Saxena, Deepak Talwar after being deported from Dubai

  India | January 31, 2019 13:54 IST

  The two have been placed under arrest by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

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  VVIP Chopper case: Michel seeks separate cell, Court asks Tihar authorities to respond

  India | December 21, 2018 23:32 IST

  Christian James Michel, arrested in the VVIP chopper case, sought in a Delhi court on Friday that he be lodged in a separate cell as other inmates were putting "uncomfortable questions" to him.

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  PM Modi takes 'Quattrocchi mama' jibe at Sonia Gandhi, says Congress upset over transparent defence deals

  India | December 16, 2018 18:46 IST

  "I want to know from the Congress -- is it agitated today and telling lie after lie because the BJP government's defence deals do not have any Quattrocchi "mama", Christian Michel uncle?", he said.