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The SC on Wednesday dismissed Centre’s preliminary objections seeking review of earlier judgment giving clean chit to the government in Rafale deal with France.
In a major blow for the government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed Centre’s preliminary objections seeking review of earlier judgment giving clean chit to the government in Rafale deal with France.
A SC bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi passed the order, allowing the admissibility of three documents in Rafale deal as evidence in re-examining the review petitions filed against the judgement delivered by the apex court on December 14 last year refusing to order probe in procuring 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.
While delivering the verdict, CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph said the apex court would now go ahead with the hearing of review petitions in the light of new documents submitted by petitioners alleging wrong-doing by the government in Rafale fighter jet deal.
Earlier, an affidavit was filed by the Defence Ministry in the top court in connection with this case, claiming that the documents submitted by the petitioners are sensitive to national security.