Christian Michel Moves Supreme Court Challenging Continued Detention in AgustaWestland Case

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central government following a plea by British national Christian Michel James, an accused middleman in the AgustaWestland helicopter scam.

Michel is challenging the Delhi High Court's refusal to release him, asserting that his incarceration of over seven years exceeds the maximum five-year sentence for the offences cited in his 2018 extradition.

His petition argues that the Extradition Act of 1962 should take precedence over the 1999 India-UAE treaty regarding the scope of triable offences.

Michel contends that his continued detention violates constitutional principles, while the CBI maintains his involvement in legitimizing millions in illicit kickbacks.

[Christian Michel James v. CBI]