Petitioner Bhushan slams SC clean chit on Rafale deal
December 14, 2018  11:28
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Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan reacts to the dismissal of the plea asking for a probe in the Rafale deal: "In our opinion the Supreme Court judgement is totally wrong, the campaign will certainly not drop and we will decide if we will file a review petition."

The three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S. K. Kaul and K. M. Joseph of the apex court heard petitioners and the government lawyers and dismissed all petitions pertaining to multi-million dollar Rafale fighter jets deal.

The bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi,stated that there is no need to conduct an investigation in to details of Rafale pricing.

"We are satisfied that there is no occasion to doubt the process.

Joint exercise have taken place and there is no element of financial benefits," said CJI Gogoi.

The CJI added that, "Detailed scrutiny of RafaleDeal deal is not required."

During the arguments earlier, the top court was informed by former union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and senior advocate Prashant Bhushan that the decision making process for acquisition of 36 Rafale aircrafts and the consequent increase in price and grant of offsets to Reliance was "not bonafide" and "requires investigation by the CBI."

The SC says nobody questioned procurement of Rafale jet when deal was finalised in September 2016. Questions raised on Rafale deal only after ex-French prez Hollande came out with statement, which can't be basis of judicial review.
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