Chopper scam: SC asks Christian Michel to move Delhi HC for interim bail
Wednesday, April 1: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked Christian Michel James, an accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper scam, to seek interim bail from the Delhi High Court in the case.
Michel, 59, lodged in Tihar jail, has moved the top court seeking interim bail citing coronavirus scare inside the prison and cited its recent order on granting bail to undertrial prisoners to decongest prisons in view of the pandemic.
A bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah, in a hearing conducted through video conferencing, asked the accused to seek bail from the high court first.
Lawyer Aljo K Joseph, appearing for the accused, said that the bench without expressing its views on the merits asked Michel to seek bail from the high court.
Michel, alleged middleman arrested in connection with the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam cases filed by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), had earlier moved the Delhi High Court seeking interim bail citing risk of contracting coronavirus in the Tihar Jail. He then moved the apex court seeking the same relief saying that the high court has been unable to accord hearing on his interim bail plea.
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