NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the interim bail plea filed by alleged middleman Christian Michel James in the AgustaWestland case .
Michel, aged 59, in his bail application had cited his age and history of bad health as reasons for seeking bail, claiming he could contract the coronavirus infection in prison.
The plea was heard by a two-judge bench of Justices SK Kaul and BR Gavai through video-conferencing. The application refers to the recent SC direction, which had asked each state/union territory to constitute a high-powered committee "to determine which class of prisoners can be released on parole or an interim bail for such period as may be thought appropriate." This order was passed to curtail the spread of