SC dismisses objections by Govt. on Rafale docs |
The Supreme Court has dismissed preliminary objections raised by the Centre that documents on which it claimed `privilege` cannot be relied upon to re-examine the verdict in the Rafale fighter jet deal. The Centre had submitted that the privilege documents were procured by petitioners in an illegal way and used to support their review petitions against the December 14, 2018 judgement of the apex court dismissing all pleas challenging procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France. A bench, comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph said that they are dismissing the preliminary objection raised by Union of India questioning the maintainability of the review petition. Reacting to Rafale judgement, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechuri has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his govt have compromised national security for corruption and cronyism in an important defence deal. Mr Yechury said, they tried to evade accountability, denied a Joint Parliamentary Committee, hide price from CAG, tried to first mislead, then stall any hearing in Supreme Court.
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