India, May 29 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by British national Christian Michel James, challenging the Delhi High Court's order directing him to furnish details of the address where he intended to reside post-release on bail in the AgustaWestland money laundering case.

A bench headed by justice Vikram Nath further told Michel that the petition is only an "excuse" as despite getting bail in both cases probed against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED), he couldn't provide a local address.

Michel had approached the court against a May 22 order passed by the Delhi high court which modified some of the bail conditions of its March 4 order granting him bail in the m...