The Supreme Court today allowed leaked documents to be relied upon by petitioners seeking review of its Rafale judgement
This was a unanimous verdict. The SC said that the petitions will be dealt with on merit
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will pronounce the verdict
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the petitioners seeking review of its order to focus on the preliminary objections regarding admissibility of the leaked documents
The hearing is currently underway before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph
In an affidavit before the top court, the central government, through the Defence Ministry, has also said the leakage offended terms of the agreements with France
The govt said the review plea filed by former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie and also activist advocate Prashant Bhushan has been widely circulated and is available to country's enemies
The Hindu Group chairman and veteran journalist has provided the government, and particularly Mr Modi, a get-out-of-Rafale-jail-free-with-honour card through his disclosures
Venugopal's comments in the apex court on Wednesday that Rafale fighter jet deal documents were stolen had caused a political row
KK Venugopal's comments in the apex court that Rafale fighter jet deal documents were stolen caused a political row,
The Editors Guild of India condemned the Attorney General's comments before SC pertaining to documents based on which the media had reported on the Rafale deal
The government has constantly rejected the allegations levelled by the Congress in Rafale deal
The documents speak for themselves and the stories speak for themselves, said Ram
The Congress Wednesday sought registration of an FIR against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "corruption" in the Rafale fighter jet deal, with party president Rahul Gandhi claiming that there "is now enough evidence" to prosecute him. Leading the party's charge, Gandhi alleged "the trail of corruption" in the Rafale fighter jet deal "begins and ends with" Modi. He also alleged "destruction of evidence" and "obvious cover-up" after the government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that crucial files pertaining to the fighter jet deal with French firm Dassault Aviation were "stolen" from the Defence Ministry. "There is now enough evidence to prosecute the PM in the Rafale Scam. The trail of corruption begins & ends with him. That crucial Rafale files incriminating him are now reported 'stolen' by the Govt, is destruction of evidence & an obvious coverup," he said on Twitter, using the hashtag "FIRagainstCorruptModi". The Congress chief's attack came on a day the government ...
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Supreme Court will resume Rafale deal hearing on March 14 of petitions seeking review of its December 14 verdict on the purchase of the fighter jets
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph allowed the prayer of former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie as also activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan
The review petition filed by former union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and lawyer Prashant Bhushan will be heard in chambers.
The HAL chief also brushed aside the remarks of Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh on Mirage 2000 crash
Dassault CEO said it was also in the race for 110 aircraft for the Indian Air Force, for which the government had floated an RFI last year