Supreme Court dismisses petitions calling for probe into Rafale Deal


The Supreme Court today dismissed the petitions calling for an investigation into the controversial Rafale Deal.

The judgment was delivered by a Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph.

The Court stated that it was satisfied that the process for procurement of the 36 Rafale jets has been complied with. It opined that it was not the job of the Court to go into issues of pricing, or choosing of the offset partner.

The Court also stated that the earlier deal was not forthcoming and the new deal came with financial advantages. Perception of individuals cannot be a ground for the Court to interfere, the Court said. It, however, clarified that the examination has been primarily from the point of examination of jurisdiction under Article 32 of the Constitution.

A total of four petitions were filed calling into question the Indian government’s deal with French firm Dassault Aviation to buy 36 fighter jets for a total of Rs. 58,000 crore. There were six petitioners in all – ML Sharma, Vineet Dhanda, Sanjay Singh, Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie and Prashant Bhushan.

Read the judgment:

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