MICHEL’S LAWYERS PLANNING TO MOVE ICJ AGAINST EXTRADITION

The legal defence team of British national and alleged middleman in the VVIP helicopter scam, Christian Michel, is preparing to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) claiming that his extradition to India by the United Arab Emirates was “illegal” and that he should be allowed to go back to Britain. This means that the Central Bureau of Investigation, which is interrogating Michel, does not have much time to question him in case the ICJ rules in his favour and India agrees to abide by that.

According to sources, Michel’s legal team, which is being supported by some British government officials, believes that they have a case against the extradition as an Italian appeals court in September this year, while stating its reason for acquitting AgustaWestland officials of corruption charges in the helicopter deal in January, had stated that “there is, conclusively, no evidence of the corrective agreement stipulated according to the imputation, with the foreign public official, just as it requires the incriminating law”. Official sources said that

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