Delhi High Court granted the British national bail, earlier on Tuesday, considering his prolonged incarceration of over six years since his extradition to India from the UAE.
The British national has been in custody since December 2018. The money laundering case being probed by ED stems from a case filed by the CBI in March 2013.
The Supreme Court Tuesday granted accused British national Christian Michel James bail, a little more than six years after the CBI took him in custody on extradition from the UAE in 2018.
The British national had moved apex court after Delhi HC turned down his bail plea last September. In previous years, trial court, HC and SC had dismissed several of his bail pleas.
The Enforcement Directorate, however, refuted the charge, saying an investigation is an ongoing process & there are many questions that arise during the process.
Delhi High Court notes that AgustaWestland scam accused Christian Michel is a ‘flight risk’ as he had fled from Italy after knowing of his possible arrest.
Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.
Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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