Michel, lodged in Tihar central jail here, moved an application through his advocate before special judge Arvind Kumar, who directed the jail authorities to file a response to the plea by Monday.
Christian Michel, who was extradited from Dubai, was arrested by the ED on December 22.
The BJP leader said the issue of the corruption was raised in the Italian government and also in the courts there.
Training its gun on Enforcement Directorate (ED) for 'Mrs Gandhi' claim, the Congress termed the agency an "embarrassing disaster" under the current dispensation.
The Enforcement Directorate told Delhi's Patiala House court that the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, Christian Michel has named 'Mrs Gandhi' while being interrogated, but the context of his statement was not clear.
He also accused the previous Congress government of corruption, saying it compromised with the national security.
The ED further added that Michel had taken the name of Mrs Gandhi but it is yet to be ascertained in what reference he said that.
Michel was produced before Special Judge Arvind Kumar where the ED sought his 15 days custody.
On January 1, 2014, India cancelled the contract with Finmeccanica's British subsidiary AgustaWestland for supplying 12 AW-101 VVIP choppers to the IAF over alleged breach of contractual obligations and on charges of paying kickbacks amounting to Rs 423 crore.
Michel, who was arrested in the UAE and extradited to India on December 4, was remanded to judicial custody till December 28 on Wednesday.
The CBI has alleged there was an estimated loss of Euro 398.21 million (about Rs 2,666 crore) to the exchequer in the deal that was signed on February 8, 2010 for the supply of VVIP choppers worth Euro 556.262 million.
During the hearing, Michel's counsel Aljo K Joseph claimed that his client was cooperating in the investigating and hence is liable to be granted bail.
The CBI had sought an extension of five days saying the agency wanted to confront him with more evidence.
Michel was extradited to India from Dubai on December 5 and was produced in the Patiala Court on the same day.
Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra accused the Congress of sending lawyers to protect Michel.
Michel was under arrest in Dubai since last year, and it goes to the credit of the government and CBI, which made painstaking efforts to extradite him.
The businessman, a British national, was arrested in the UAE and extradited to India on Tuesday night.
When asked what position he holds in the Congress party, Joseph said, "I am the national in charge for Indian Youth Congress legal department."
Michel, 54, landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on a Gulfstream jet at 10.35 pm on Tuesday night after which he was arrested by the CBI in connection with the case.
Lashing out at the Congress, PM Modi said; "We brought back the raazdaar (secret holder) of the 'naamdaar' (Congress) party."
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