Just in: SC rejects plea for a SIT probe against PM Narendra Modi in the Sahara diary case. The Supreme Court is hearing the politically sensitive Sahara-Birla diary case, which involves alleged bribes paid to politicians, including Modi who was then the Gujarat CM.

A fresh affidavit was filed in the case by lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan who wants a court-monitored probe by a Special Investigation Team into the alleged bribes paid to politicians, whose names appeared in diaries seized by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Income Tax department.


The "Sahara diaries" -- a collection of papers and computer print-outs found in raids on the Sahara offices in 2014 -- reportedly carried names of politicians from different parties, along with amounts paid to them as bribes.

The list includes the names of Prime Minister Narendra Modi while he was Gujarat Chief Minister and Congress leader Sheila Dikshit. 

On November 14, the top court had commented that there was zero material to order a probe and said there was not even the smallest material to substantiate the accusation. Bhushan has now filed fresh papers to substantiate the allegations.