The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed review petitions in the Rafale deal against its December 14, 2018 judgement upholding the 36 Rafale jets’ deal.
The pleas sought a court-monitored probe of alleged irregularities in the ₹59,000 crore Rafale fighter jet deal with French planemaker Dassault Aviation.
Dismissing a batch of petitions seeking a review of the order, the top court said, “ We cannot lose sight of the fact we are dealing with contract pending with government for long. Prayer made by petitioner was for registration of FIR and CBI enquiry…this is not a fresh examination as they were considered earlier on merit.”
A bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, which also comprises justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph, had earlier reserved its verdict on the review petitions on May 10.
Former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie, and lawyer Prashant Bhushan were among those who had filed the review pleas.