The government has sought rejection of review petition in Rafale deal case. A bench led by the Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, today heard petitions seeking a review of the Supreme Court’s judgement giving a clean chit to the government on the Rafale fighter jets deal. The plea was filed by former finance minister Yashwant Sinha, journalist-turned-politician Arun Shourie and activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan, among others.
While hearing the petition, the Court said it won’t look into any supplementary affidavits or other documents not filed before it. Attorney General K K Venugopal countered that the documents relied upon by the advocate were stolen from the Defence ministry, adding that related investigation was underway.
The AG also sought dismissal of Rafale review petition and perjury application as they relied on stolen documents, adding that those who put documents on Rafale deal in public domain guilty under Official Secrets Act and contempt of court.