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November 14, 2019 14:04
Supreme Court Gives Clean Chit To Modi Government Against Rafale Judgement

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The Supreme Court of India dismissed all the review petitions that were sent their way for the verdict of the Rafale deal. All the petitions were dismissed on the ground of lack of merit, thus providing with a completely clean chit to the Modi government in the fighter jet agreement which was signed with the French firm Dassault Aviation.

The court also further rejected the idea of needed to file for an FIR in the connection with the INR 58,000 crore deal that was made.

The pleas on the case went on to reexamine the decision made by the said court on this case back in December 2018. The court bench, including Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph suggested saying that they find the review petitions baseless without any sort of merit involved in it.

The court also closed off any form of proceedings initiated against the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and clarified saying that it’s important for Gandhi to know the kind of political position he is in the country and utilize that power accordingly.

A contempt proceeding was also channeled against the comment made by Rajiv Gandhi were she made the remark of “Chowkidaar Chor Hai” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Reading out from the judgement, Justice Kaul clarified stating that the judges have reached an unanimous decision that it is completely futile to further rove in enquiries against the allegations. The bench further said that they didn’t find a suitable ground on the basis of which they could further go on to pass the order for the registration of the FIR.

On December last year, the Supreme Court did dismiss all the available petitions seeking an in-depth investigation into the matter. It was later on May 10 that there was again the recurrent pleas filed by some highlighted personalities former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan, seeking the reopening of the case again.

Attorney general K K Venugopal told the bench members that in order to have substantial materials to rule against with it, it is necessary to have a prima facie case, without which there can’t be any further proceedings. It is necessary for the information to further disclose commission of the cognizable offense.

Venugopal further suggested saying, “The court cannot decide such technical aspects. It is a question of national security. No other court in the world will examine a defence deal on these kinds of arguments.”

Further highlights on this situation is lacking at the moment because of the strictly bound confidentiality involved. The government is under the strict obligation to put the defence material under the wraps. When it comes to the security of the country, the same isn’t viewed just as a mere contract for a highway or dam.

By Somapika Dutta

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